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Four cities at least partlyin DeKalb County chosemayors Nov. 5 and otherschose commissioners, council

members and other city officials.

Unofficial and incomplete resultsTuesday evening indicated thatAtlanta Mayor Kasim Reed,EricClarkson, mayor of Chamblee, andPatricia Wheeler, mayor of StoneMountain, would remain in office,while Mayor Emanuel Ransomof Clarkston was defeated byhallenger Ted Terry, a nonprofit

organization development director.Here are the highlights of those

lections based on results at pressime.

Atlanta

a portion of the city on its east sides in DeKalb County)

As incumbent Reed sought aecond four-year term he facedhree challengers in the nonpartisanaceAl Bartell, a public policy

mediator; Fraser Duke, a nancialplanner; and Glenn Wrightson, anngineer who owns a consulting

rm. At press time, Reed appearedo be winning re-election outright

with no challenger close enough tomake a runoff necessary.

In District 5, a large part ofwhich is in DeKalb, incumbentNatalyn Mosby Archibong,who faced challengers ChristianEnterkin, Jonathan W. Jones,

John Paul Michalikand Matt

Rinke, at press time, had asubstantial enough lead that itappeared she would win without arunoff. Archibong has served three

terms on the council, starting in2001.

Avondale Estates

For City Commissioner:Randy S. Beebe 25.52 percentTerry Giager 33.05 percentSamantha Harrell 22.04 percentDavid Lee* 19.11 percent

Chamblee

Mayor Eric Clarkstonranunopposed and won with 90.68

percent of the vote.City Council at Large:Brian Mock 58.33 percentScott M. Taylor* 41.33 percent

City Council District 1:John Mesa 95.63 percent

Clarkston

Thirty-year-old Terry, a two-year resident of Clarkston, received52.76 percent of the vote, whileIbrahim Awow Sufi, a Somali-American who owns Atlanta GlobalFreight Logistics in Clarkston,received 28.26 percent.

Ransom, who has served as

Clarkstons mayor since 2007, re-

ceived 18.98 percent.Terry said he is grateful for

the people of Clarkston giving mea vote of condence. A lot of the

ideas that I spoke about during thecampaign came directly from thepeople themselves, Terry said.To me this truly was a grassrootscampaign and my goal all alongwas to represent and be the voice ofthe people of Clarkston.I knockedon over a thousand doors and what

people told me, I took notes on andIm going to be asking for all ofus to work together now to imple-ment a lot of those ideas and moveClarkston forward, he said.

Terry said he ran for the posi-tion because he saw a need.A lot ofresidents about a year ago encour-aged me to run. They werent happywith the way things were going.

Now we have an opportunity for afresh restart.

Like a lot of Clarkstonians, Iwas not born here, but I chose tolive in Clarkston because I believethis community represents the bestof [what] America has to offer, hesaid.

In the race for city council, vecandidates were competing for threeseats.

Incumbent Dean Moore, whohas served on the Clarkston CityCouncil since 2010, received 22.88

percent of the vote. Robert Hogan

received 22.33 percent; Ahmed

by Carla [email protected]

Residents of the neighborhoods in

the Dresden East and Clairmont Roadarea of unincorporated DeKalb Countyare ofcial citizens of Chamblee.

The Chamblee annexation passedwith 61.07 percent of voters votingin favor of annexing into Chambleewhile 38.93 percent voted no. Withthe annexation, Chamblee will be ableto provide some services to more than11,000 residents.

Nikki Vandergrinten, who livesin the Appling Heights community,said she campaigned heavily forher community to be annexed intoChamblee because of the police, codeenforcement and other services thatthe city will provide.

Weve been very disappointedover the years with DeKalb County,

especially with their police,code enforcement and sanitationdepartment, she said. I think itsgoing to be a really good move. Werelooking forward to being a part of thiscommunity.

Chamblee City CouncilmanThomas Hoganwas also pleased thatthe annexation passed.

Were very excited at being able tohave the opportunity to welcome thenew citizens to this city, he said.

The vote came eight days afterDeKalb Superior Court Judge TangelaBarrie ruled to halt the annexation ofCentury Center into Brookhaven.

Brookhaven led an appeal to theGeorgia Supreme Court the followingday and requested an expedited

hearing.On June 21, Highwoods Properties

led an application with Brookhavenfor Century Center to be annexedinto the newly created city. The citycouncil was scheduled to vote on itin July but DeKalb County SuperiorCourt Judge Courtney Johnsonissued a temporary restraining orderagainst Brookhaven.

Century Center is bounded byClairmont Road, Century Boulevard,Century Parkway and Interstate85 South. Highwoods Propertiesapplication requested to annex about120 acres into Brookhaven.

With Brookhaven annexingCentury Center into the new city,

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hirty-year-old Ted Terry, second from left, defeated Mayor Emanuel Ransom in the race for the Clarkston mayoral position. Photo byAndrew Cauthen

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Druid Hills Charter Cluster petitioners respond to school districts review

Tireless advocate for all children laid to rest

by Andrew [email protected]

Supporters of the DruidHills Charter ClusterDHCC) said their peti-ion is complete, meets theequirements of law andhould be overwhelmingly

approved by the DeKalbBoard of Education.Georgia law and state

board rules are very clearon the standards by whicha charter cluster petitionmust be judged, said MattLewis, head of the DHCCefforts. A local board mustapprove any petition thats in the public interest and

complies with the rules, reg-ulations, policies, and pro-cedures of Georgia law. Ourpetition undeniably meetsand exceeds both of thoseequirements, and our re-

ponse to the district clearlyllustrates that.

The DHCC response stat-ed that while local boardscan adopt their own policies

regarding the submissionof charter petitions, thosepolicies have to be alignedwith and cannot exceed therequirements of the CharterSchools Act of 1998 andstate board of educationguidelines.

The DHCC would in-

clude the 5,000 studentsand 400 faculty membersof Avondale, Briar Vista,Fernbank, Laurel Ridgeand McLendon elementaryschools as well as DruidHills Middle and DruidHills High schools.

Proponents say studentachievement would increasebecause the charter clusterwould offer individualizedlearning pathways and ex-ibility for principals andteachers to address curricu-lum and school operationsthat are more responsive to

students needs.The learning pathways,

which begin at the elemen-tary school level and con-tinue through high school,

include International Bac-calaureate (IB); a science,technology, engineering,arts and math (STEAM)program; Advanced Place-ment (AP); and Montessori.

In its Oct. 18 reviewof the DHCC petition, theschool district stated, The

petition contains asser-tions and statements thatraise questions of concernfor the district in the areasof innovation, exibility,governance, academic per-formance, and scal respon-sibility.

Some of the responsesin the 76-question petitionneed improvement or donot meet guideline require-ments, either because thepetitioner did not addressthe question, or made state-ments that need furtherclarication, stated the dis-

tricts review.In response the petition-

ers said they pointed thedistrict to the location ofpetition passages and appen-

dices containing the infor-mation overlooked by thedistrict.

In each and every case,we were able to quicklylocate the required informa-tion noted in the districtscomments, Lewis said.

Much of the information

requested by the district waslocated in the districts ownles, such as certicates ofoccupancy and emergencyplans for the seven clusterschools.

In fact, DHCC foundthat the Districts review ofthe petition across the boardwas fragmented, went be-yond its legal authority, andlacked an understanding ofboth the law and the DHCCplan, according to a DHCCstatement.

Moreover, the districtsfeedback seems to disregard

the obvious merits the clus-ter offers to stakeholders,namely, that the cluster willlower class size, put moredollars in the classroom

rather than a central ofce,eliminate staff furloughdays, provide meaningfulopportunities for stake-holder engagement, enablepay raises for teachers andadministrators, and offerchoice enrollment pathwaysfor all students residing

within the cluster as well asstudents living outside theresidential zone, accordingto the petitioners response.

Most importantly, theDHCC will bring manage-ment and decision-makingfrom the 100,000-studentlevel of a district ofce tothe more personal 5,000-stu-dent level of the school-house, according to thestatement.

In November, theDeKalb County Board ofEducation is expected to de-cide whether to approve the

states rst charter schoolcluster.

by Andrew [email protected]

Former DeKalb County school boardmember DonnaEdlerwas laid to rest Nov.2.

Edler, who represented District 7 on theDeKalb County Board of Education fromanuary 2011 through August 2013, lost a

battle with breast cancer on Oct. 29.In a statement released Oct. 31 the school

board expressed its great sorrow over thedeath of our friend and former colleague.

Ms. Edlers passion and commitment tohe children and taxpayers of DeKalb County

was evident as she regularly attended activi-ies throughout the county, the board stated.

In her short term of service on the board,he never wavered in her commitment to im-

proving education for DeKalbs students, orn her support of the DeKalb County School

District. As a tireless champion for all chil-dren, her legacy of great care and concern

will live on in her many accomplishments ineducation.

In a separate statement, school Superin-endent MikeThurmondsaid, Ms. Edler

was a tireless advocate for all children andwas committed to improving the quality ofeducation in DeKalb.

Her leadership and voice will be missedbut her legacy will endure, Thurmond said.

Edler, who had a background in account-ng and described herself as a homemaker,

community organizer and activist, was swornnto ofce in January 2011 as a school board

member representing District 7, after defeat-ng Zepora Robertsin a runoff election.

In an interview with The Championin

2010 during her election bid, Edler told why

she wanted to join the school board.New leadership and better school board

governance are the rst steps towards restor-ing condence and credibility, she said.Minimizing waste, fraud and abuse preserveseducational dollars for children and class-

rooms, she added.Edler was one of six school board mem-bers who were suspended earlier this yearby Gov. NathanDealand later replacedafter the DeKalb school district was placedon accreditation probation by Southern As-sociation of Colleges and Schools (SACS),the agency that accredits the school districtthrough its parent company, AdvancED.

A Stone Mountain resident, Edler spentmore than 15 years as a volunteer and hold-ing board positions with DeKalb Countycivic associations.

Edler earned a masters degree in busi-ness specializing in real estate appraisal andinvestment analysis from the University ofWisconsin and a bachelors degree in ac-

counting and business administration fromthe University of Kansas. She was also acertied public accountant with national ac-counting rm experience. Edler was a mem-ber of First African Presbyterian Church inLithonia.

Edler and her husband Darrylhad threechildren, Darryl Jr., Christopherand Ra-chel.

Donna was a diligent worker and careddeeply about children and her community,according to a statement on the DeKalbSchool Watch Two. She served well on theschool board from her heart, and in ouropinion, did nothing to deserve removal bythe governor. Our deepest sympathy goes out

to Donnas family.

Former DeKalb school board member Donna Edler succumbed to

cancer Oct. 29. File Photo

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One Mans Opinion

Stadium costs rise up?

Back in its day, theRomanColiseumhosted mock naval battlesand could be flooded to allowbattles to rage at sea in what is stillone of the worlds largest open airamphitheaters. That old coliseumwas a truly multi-purpose arena thattood the test of time.

Evidently, we dont build themike that anymore. Our stadiums,

coliseums, etc. are often considered

elics in less than a generation. Andfor our Atlanta Falcons, newer,bigger and better is coming in theform of an eight-piece retractableoof stadia, which somewhatesembles a Japanese origami, at

a revised estimated price of $1.2billion. And though the new stadiumwill be owned by the Georgia WorldCongress Center Authority, it willnot be primarily financed withpublic funds.

That said, taxpayers will ineveral ways indirectly underwrite

costs of the project. Despite leagueeam combined annual revenues

exceeding $9 billion, the NationalFootballLeague is a 501 (c) 6 non-profit, and it does not pay incomeaxes. NFL CommissionerRogerGoodells current compensationpackage totals $29.4 million. Andhe new NFL HQ offices cost $35.9

million.Teams within the league are

not nonprofit, and they pay $250million in non-taxable membershipdues to the NFL, which goes intoan interest-free loan fund for theconstruction of new stadiums. TheNFL announced that it will step in topick up the slack on the extra $200million in estimated costs for the

new roost for the Atlanta Falcons.The Falcons are picking up a

bigger share than originally forecastfor the project but will do much of

this through the sale of PersonalSeat Licenses (PSLs). A PSL is alicense fee paid, in this case to thestate of Georgia (again avoiding any

taxation), which will entitle the PSLholder to buy season tickets for aparticular seat in the stadium.

This PSL holder has certaintransferrable sale rights, sort oflike a timeshare, and if the PSLholder does not continue to renewhis or her season tickets, or sell thePSL, the holder forfeits the seatand license back to the team orvenue. There are currently 15 NFLteams with PSL programs as well asfive in Major League Baseball.

This is not entirely unlikethe practice of many successfulcollegiate football and basketballprograms requiring an annualscholarship gift of a certain level toretain access to season tickets. ThePSL is typically in effect for as longas the team in question plays in thatsame venue. PSL prices typicallyrange between $2,500-10,000 perseat.

Atlanta has come a long wayin the world sports arena, but ourfan base remains extremely fickle.While the stands fill during hotstreaks, it can be all too easy to pan

the stands with a camera during aregular season Braves or Falconsgame and see almost as many seatsas rabid fans. No professional

sports franchise in the market yetenjoys the fan bases following theUniversity of Georgia, Universityof Clemson or Auburn Universitynearby. The Falcons of 2012 wereSuper Bowl contenders. Our DirtyBirds in 2013not so much.

Though the Georgia Dome isnearing 30 years old, Turner Field,home of the Atlanta Braves, wasoriginally built as a temporary trackand field facility for the CentennialOlympic Games in 1996, and itcertainly receives more regular dutyuse than the Dome. That outdoorarena is holding up well, but willalso soon need its own series ofrefurbishments, renovations andimprovements.

Major League Baseball gaveup its own federal nonprofit taxexemption in 2007. The AtlantaBraves last year paid state and localtaxes totaling $8.6 million, and havean annual regional economic impactexceeding $100 million.

Im not trying to pit the Bravesagainst the Falcons, but I can stillwell remember the day when the

two franchises shared the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Mygrandmother was a Falconsexpansion team season ticket

holder, and clung to her 50-yardline nosebleed seats in the very toprow of the old stadium for nearly 30yearsand until emphysema anddeclining health robbed her of theability to make that climb.

Several stadium blankets, andthe occasional Bloody Mary helpedkeep her Irish blood coursingwarmly on many a cold gameday, but if that stadium were stillstanding, and her legs still workin,she would have been in those seatson Sundayand they dont buildfans like that much anymore either.

Bill Crane also serves as a po-litical analyst and commentator forChannel 2s Action News, WSB-AM

News/Talk 750 and now 95.5 FM, aswell as a columnist forThe Cham-

pion, Champion Free Press andGeorgia Trend. Crane is a DeKalbnative and business owner, livingin Scottdale. You can reach him orcomment on a column at [email protected].

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Democrats should

reject any deal that

slashes Social Secu-rity and doesnt re-

peal the sequester.

Tea-partying Republicans sup-

posedly pine for smaller govern-ment, lower taxes and, of course,he Affordable Care Acts demise.

The conventional wisdom is thathese rigid, Republican extremists

need to be countered by moder-ate Democrats who will behaveike the adults in the room by

cutting a deal that sacrices sacredcows cherished by progressive andconservative forces to move Wash-ngton beyond partisan gridlock and

brinkmanship.The siren song of compromise

appeals to the weary public afterRepublican Party intransigence trig-gered a government shutdown andhe nations irtation with default.

But that song is off-key. Hereswhy.

The No. 1 economic problemAmerica faces right now is ananemic economy and the chronicunemployment that comes with it.The budget decit? Not so much.Thanks to the sequester and othertrends, its shrinking fast.

The evidence is plain in thedelayed jobs report for Septemberthat the Labor Department releasedOct. 22. As the nation closed outits sixth month under the federalbudget sequestration axe, the econ-omy created only 148,000 jobs inSeptember. The average for the pastyear has been about 185,000 jobs amonth.

At the rate were producing jobs,we wont fully repair the damagethe Great Recession did to the job

market until at least the end of thedecade.

Its no wonder. The budget cutsthat conservative lawmakers prom-ised would help bolster private sec-tor job growth are actually reducingjob growth by about 1.2 millionjobs this year.

Federal spending is 4 percentbelow what it was last year, and the2013 federal decit is more than 30percent smaller than last years.

Nonetheless, Republicans head-ing into the latest round of budgetnegotiations are demanding morespending cuts. Their big goal is en-

titlement reform, a euphemism forslashing Social Security, Medicare,

and Medicaid benets. But theywill settle in this round for extend-ing sequester constraints on federalspending. Offering exibility inspreading the pain will be their ideaof compromise.

Democrats should reject any dealof that kind.

Yes, the United States wouldbe better off not having to wastemoney on interest on our long-termdebt. But the rst step toward solv-ing this problem is by doing whata majority of the American publichas consistently supported in polls:smart, targeted spending increasesin the things we know will boost theeconomy, create jobs, and set thecountry up for long-term prosperityand global economic competitive-ness.

That includes such things as up-

grading our transportation networksand other public infrastructure, andgiving children from preschool tocollege the facilities and resourcesthey need to succeed. A majorityalso supports ending the tax breaksand loopholes that allow manycorporations and the wealthy escapepaying their fair share of taxes.

A coalition of 41 labor and grass-roots organizations my colleagues atthe Campaign for Americas Futureconvened sent a letter to membersof Congress encouraging them todeclare four nonnegotiable posi-tions:

Repeal the sequester.Protect Social Security, Medicare

and Medicaid benets.Preserve adequate funding for

nutrition assistance, along withother aid to low-income households.

Scrap tax breaks that encouragecorporations to send jobs and shelterprots overseas.

Dont equate this stance withthe intransigence and destructivebrinksmanship of the tea partyRepublicans. This is a call to shiftthe terms of the economic debate to-ward a more constructive directionthat addresses the real problem.

America simply cant cut its wayout of its economic doldrums. Im-poverishing seniors and increasingthe economic stress of the nancial-ly struggling only deepens the holewere in.

Conservatives have gotten theirsequestration budget cuts, to our

economys detriment. Its time forCongress to come together andforge a plan that gets people work-ing and the economy growing while creating the favorable condi-tions we need for a stronger andhealthier economy.

Isaiah J. Poole is the editor ofOurFuture.org, the website of theCampaign for Americas Future.OurFuture.org. Distributed via Oth-erWords. OtherWords.org

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REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

Callanwolde to hostveteran storytelling event

Champion of the Week

If you would like to nominate someone to be considered as a

future Champion of the Week, please contact Kathy Mitchell at

[email protected] or at (404) 373-7779, ext. 104.

Keith Smith

Keith Smithhas become afamiliar face in theSouthwest DeKalbHigh Schoolcommunity.

Smith is amember of theSouthwest DeKalbHigh School FBI(Fathers BeingInvolved) Dads,a group of like-minded fathers

who volunteers atthe school. The Stone Mountainresident said he got involvedwith the program ve years agoafter seeing the group of menvolunteering in the community.

Ive always wanted to getinvolved in the community,especially in the school system,he said.

The FBI Dads are on the schoolgrounds every day either directingtrafc to clear congestion duringstudent pickup in the afternoonand drop-off in the morning,

cleaning up trash around theschool or volunteering with sportsteams and clubs. Smith is thedriver of the Southwest DeKalbband equipment truck.

I volunteer a lot with thebasketball program and I do

security at thegames, he said.Were more of ahands-on group.Were in the trenchesand we try to keepthe upkeep in ourcommunity.

Smith said havingmore fathers and menin general volunteer atthe schools will havea positive effect onstudents, especially

young boys.We have an opportunity

to make a difference in ourcommunity and we need to makesure that our young men dont getcaught up in the judicial system,he said. They can have asuccessful life like were having.

Smith said he had positive menin his life who led by example andhe tries to be that same examplefor Marvin Grimes, a SouthwestDeKalb football player that hementors.

He has been a real blessing to

me, Smith said. But Im glad tobe a sponsor for him and lead himin the right direction and help himstay away from crime and gangs.

Smith is a nutritionist atClarkston High School where hehas worked for two years.

by Daniel [email protected]

Anne Wallace, the youthcoordinator for the SouthernOrder of Storytellers, saidn the past few years shesearned more about her hus-

bands experiences in themilitary than she did duringhe 25 years he was actuallyn it.

Wallace said veteransfrom all walks of life andbranches of the military willbe telling their stories at theCallanwolde Arts CenterNov. 10, starting at 3 p.m.This is the second year theevent has been held at Cal-

anwolde.Its an idea that startedwhile I was working in thechool system; what wererying to do is let the regular

veterans tell their stories,Wallace said.

At many events, Wallaceaid, the veterans telling theirtories are usually higher-anking military ofcers. Sheaid they have wonderfultories to tell but she wants

all veterans to get a chance topeak.

Theyre very happy toell their story, Wallace said.

When it rst began, Wal-ace said some veterans wereeluctant to speak. However,

after several years, more be-gan participating. Now manyof those veterans are mem-bers of the Southern Order ofStorytellers.

Wallace said one of the

rst participants in the eventwas a tunnel rat duringthe Vietnam War. The Viet

Cong, who were skilled inguerilla warfare, used anintricate network of tunnelscreated in the 1940s duringtheir war against French co-lonial forces. The tunnel ratswere tasked with inltratingthe tunnels, which containedhiding spots for Viet Congsoldiers and, in some cases,underground hospitals.

He said in 50 years hehad never shared anythingabout what he did in Viet-nam, Wallace said.

The mission of the South-ern Order of Storytellers,

Wallace said, is a simple one:to perpetuate storytelling.Wallace said its importantfor the veterans stories to bepreserved and for the youngergeneration to hear them.

They are telling truestories there and, in a way,I think a lot of the youngerpeople [want] to hear truestories, Wallace said.

Wallace said this yearsevent is family-friendly andincludes a host of storytell-ers from those who foughtin World War II to a womanwhose grandfather fought in

the War of 1812. Addition-ally, theres also going to bea young girl telling her storyabout what its like to haveher mother deployed in themilitary.

For more information,visit www.southernorderofs-torytellers.org.

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ATLANTA

Author to speak on U.S.mmigration policy

Sonia Nazario, theveteran journalist whose2003 Los Angeles Timesnewspaper series En-iques Journey won

Pulitzer Prizes for featurewriting and photography,will speak Nov. 7 at Emo-y University. Her presen-ation, The American Im-migration Battleeld: En-iques Journey and the

Search for a New Path to

he Future, comes as theWhite House and Con-gress appear to be pre-paring for another battleon immigration reform.

The event is scheduledor 7 p.m., at EmorysCenter for Ethics, on theuniversitys main campus,531 Dickey Drive, Atlan-a. It is free and open tohe public. Nazarios bookEnriques Journey, basedon the newspaper series,will be available for pur-chase and the author will

autograph copies.Nazarios Emory itiner-ary also includes PublicScholarship at the Bor-der: A Conversation withSonia Nazario, hosted byhe Center for Women atEmory. Free and open tohe public, the dialogues scheduled for 1-2 p.m.,Nov. 8, in Candler Library,550 Asbury Circle, onhe Emory campus. TheCenter for Women invitesacademics, students andothers to join an exem-plary public scholar and

hought leader for a con-versation on engagingwith the media as a toolor affecting change inour communities.

Evening of tastings tobenefit Frazer Center

The Frazer Center hasannounced that its fund-aiser, Savor the City, a

night of tastings, will beheld Nov. 11, 6:30-10 p.m.,at the Atrium at FrazerCenter. Tickets are $75.

Proceeds beneft the mis-sion of the Frazer Center,an inclusive communitywhere people at all levelsof ability and disability

gather, learn and flourishtogether. The Frazer Cen-ter is located at 1815 S.Ponce de Leon Ave. NE,Atlanta. For more informa-tion, visit www.frazercent-er.org/savorthecity.

BROOKHAVEN

Library to host healthinsurance informational

Stephen Baileyfromthe University of GeorgiaHealth Navigators Pro-gram will provide informa-tion about how the Health

Insurance Marketplacecan help. Registration isnot required for the infor-mation session, which isfrom 23 p.m. Enrollmentassistance, with advanceregistration, will takeplace from 3:154:15p.m. Space is limited.Brookhaven Library islocated at 1242 N. DruidHills Road, NE. in Atlanta.To register for enrollmentassistance, call the libraryat (404) 848-7140.

CHAMBLEE

City to host workshopto update 10-year plan

The city of Chambleeis hosting a workshopNov. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,to gather public input forupdating the citys LivableCenters Initiative.

This is the second oftwo such workshops togather input on prioritiesand preliminary concept

plans for Chambleestown center. Theworkshop will be heldat the Chamblee CivicCenter, located at 3540Broad Street.

According to a mediarelease, the masterplan will focus on thecommunitys vision fordowntownenhancingChamblees senseof place, increasingwalkability, improvingthe Chamblee MARTAStation area, improvingthe quality of life andadding more places towork, shop and havefun.

For more information

visit www.chambleega.com.

CLARKSTON

Library to host writersgroup

Writers and inspir-ing writers can meet todiscuss writing and net-working at the ClarkstonLibrary from 67:30 p.m.The library is locatedat 951 N. Indian CreekDrive. Writers can regis-ter or drop in. To register,call (404) 508-7175.

DECATUR

Commissioner to hostTree of Love program

DeKalb County Com-missioner LarryJohnsonis gearing up for his an-nual Tree of Love initia-tive.

In its 15th year, theTree of Love is a holi-day celebration to assistchildren living in DeKalbwho, because of their cir-cumstancesfoster care,single-parent, low incomehousehold, etc.may nothave a merry Christmas,states an announcementabout the program.

This is what Christ-mas is all about, helpingand giving to others,Johnson said. Theholiday season is a greattime for people to giveback to the commu-nity and help someone inneed.

Since the initiative

began at South DeKalbMall in 1999, more than7,000 children have beenadopted through the Treeof Love.

The kick-off for theevent will be Saturday,Nov. 16, at noon at theGallery at South DeKalbMall, 2801 Candler Road,Decatur. The community,business owners andchurches are invited toattend and take a childsname from the Tree ofLove. Gifts will be dueSaturday, Dec. 14, whenthe annual Tree of LoveChristmas Programwill take place at SouthDeKalb Mall beginning at

noon.Individuals and groups

interested in showcasingtheir talents and partici-pating in the ChristmasProgram in Decembercan call (404) 964-4936to sign up.

Consumer debt clinicsoffered at library

Free consumer debtclinics will be held at theDecatur LibraryTues-days, Nov. 12 and 26,5:30-7 p.m. Are youstruggling with debt? If

you have been sued for adebt and you have ques-tions? the announce-ment from the libraryasks. The DeKalb Vol-unteer Lawyers Founda-tion has answers. Localattorneys will discussinformation regardingdebt cases in DeKalbCounty and facilitate one-on-one consultations.Participants should bringall documents related totheir cases. The DecaturLibrary is located at 215

Sycamore Street, Deca-tur. For more information,call (404) 370-3070.

DUNWOODY

Jewish center to holdVeterans Day event

The Marcus JewishCommunity Center of At-lanta (MJCCA) will hold aVeterans Day commemo-rationFriday, Nov. 8, 10-10:30 a.m., at MJCCA at

Zaban Park in the Morrisand Rae Frank Theatre.The MJCCA and TheWeinstein School areproud to thank and honorour veterans at theirweekly Shabbat Singprogram. A prayer willbe offered for the bravemen and women whoserved in all of our ArmedForces. Please join usfor a very meaningfulmorning full of song andprayers from the heart asour preschoolers honor

our veterans, states anannouncement from thecenter. All veterans areinvited.

MJCCA at Zaban Park

is located at 5342 TillyMill Road, Dunwoody. Formore information, contactRabbi Glusmanat [email protected] at (678) 812-4161.

LITHONIA

Session on fitness forolder adults offered

Those who wouldlike to learn how tostay fit and healthyas older adults cangotothe Salem-Panola

Library Thursday, Nov.14, 11 a.m.-noon, for asession on senior fitness.Master trainer SteffanieHagginswill teachbasic fitness techniquesand offer nutritionalinformation.Salem-Panola Library is locatedat 5137 Salem Road,Lithonia. For moreinformation, call (770)987-6900.

TUCKER

Consumer protectionsession offered

Tucker-Reid H. CoferLibrary is offering a pre-sentation on consumerprotection in GeorgiaWednesday, Nov. 13, 2-3p.m. John Sours, admin-istrator of the GovernorsOffice of Consumer Pro-tection, will explain theagencys responsibilitiesand how Georgia law en-sures a fair marketplace

for all consumers. Specif-ic topics will include tipsfor protecting senior citi-zens and a brief summaryof recent enforcementactions. Tucker-Reid H.Cofer Library is located at5234 LaVista Road, Tuck-er. For more information,call (770) 270-8234.

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Autumn lights

Family and friends remember Terrell Colemanby Carla [email protected]

Hundreds of family,friends and teammates gath-ered in College Park toremember a bright youngman who was a phenomenalbasketball player and had agreat smile.

A memorial service forDeTarius Terrell Colemanwas held at Atlanta Basket-ball Courts Oct. 30. Familyand friends said Coleman,who was affectionatelyknown as Terrell or Too

Tall, died doing what heloved: playing basketball.The 15-year-old stu-

dent at Miller Grove HighSchool died Oct. 27 after

collapsing during an all-stargame in Stone Mountain.Autopsy results are pending,but Colemans mother, Rae-shawn Coleman, said hewas diagnosed with a heartmurmur about a year ago.

Miller Grove head boysbasketball coach SharmanWhitesaid Oct. 28 that hedid not know whether Cole-man had any health issues,and he was cleared to playthis season without restric-tions.

Colemans mother saidhis doctor told them that he

had a leaky heart valve andshould probably stop play-ing basketball, but she saidher son loved basketball toomuch to stop playing.

He was going to playhis ball no matter what yousay, she said.

Coleman was ranked asa 4-star prospect and as thenations No. 13 overall pros-pect for 2017 by Future150.com. Raeshawn Colemandescribed her son as anawesome basketball play-er, who was high-spirited,loved people, loved wearingAdidas gear and loved hisbasketball.

He was a superb son.He didnt give me any trou-ble as a child, she said. I

enjoyed having him the 15years that he was herethatthe Lord let me take careof him for Him before Hecalled him back home.

The memorial servicefeatured stories from coach-es, teammates and teachersthat described Coleman asmore than just a great bas-ketball player, but a personwho cared about everyone.Chris Anderson, whocoached Coleman on the At-lanta Celtics traveling youthteam, told a story of howColeman gave him his shoesafter learning that Ander-son that lost everything in ahouse fre.

Thats the kind of per-son he was, an emotional

Anderson said to the crowd.White, who also de-scribed Coleman as a caringperson, said when Colemancame to Miller Grove his

goal was to help the teamwin another championship.All he wanted was a

ring, White said. And hesgoing to get that ring.

Speakers also mentionedColemans big, bright smileand how he smiled all thetime. Colemans mothersaid remembering his smileis what is helping her getthrough this tough time.

His spirit is in me, shesaid. His spirit lives in mebecause he was strong and itmakes me strong.

Colemans funeral ser-

vice was held atNew BirthMissionary Baptist ChurchNov. 2.

Members of the Miller Grove High basketball team hold photos of TerrellColeman. Photos by Carla Parker

A mourner signs a guest list in front of a group ofpictures of Terrell Coleman.

Willie and Raeshawn Coleman, the parents of TerrellColeman, listen to stories of their son.

by Travis [email protected]

Just as the voting polls were closingand some people where headed home fromwork, a somber group of approximately 70men, women and children held a candlelightvigil for 5-year-old Autumn MackNov. 5n DeKalb County.

Autumn was struck by a vehicle andkilled while trick-or-treating on PepperdineDrive in the Chapel Hill community.According to reports, Autumn was witha group of children and parents when shestepped in front of a moving minivanaround 7 p.m. on Oct. 31. She died from hernjuries after being transported to Childrens

Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. Nocharges are expected to be led against the

driver.With a DeKalb County Police escort,

attendees walked, mostly in silence, fromChapel Hill Elementary, where Autumnattended, some carrying teddy bears orballoons. The silence of the cool fall

evening was momentarily broken as somebegan to sing When the Saints Go MarchingIn.

Vigil organizers had a memorial in placewhere Autumn was struck. Candles werepassed out and lit in honor of Autumn.

Rev. Arthur Grierof Martin StreetChurch of God in Atlanta led the group inprayer. Autumns teacher and principal gaveremarks as the crowd gathered in silence.

We as neighbors in the communityhave to come together to show that we lovethem. And whatever we need to do to help[both families] get through thisweregoing to do it, said community leaderLinda Cotton-Taylor. This is a testimonyto how much this Pepperdine Drive familyloves one another.

A memorial fund to help pay the costs of

a funeral has been established for AutumnSaniya Mack at any Wells Fargo bankbranch.

View more photos at www.thechampion-newspaper.com.

Community holds vigil for Autumn Mack

Vigil organizers had a memorial in place where Autumn was struck.Photos by Travis Hudgons

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Former DeKalb County school ofcials corruption trial beginsby Daniel [email protected]

Prosecutors in the cor-ruption trial involving theDeKalb County School

District (DCSD) said thecase against former schoolconstruction chief PatriciaReid and her then husbandTony Pope is about threehings: marriage, manipula-ion and money.

Reid and Pope are ac-cused of conspiring to de-fraud the school system ofapproximately $2.4 millionhrough illegal construction

contracts.Former Superintendent

Crawford Lewis was origi-nally indicted on similarcharges but pleaded guilty

Oct. 16 to obstructing a po-ice ofcer as part of a plea

agreement with prosecutors.According to Chief As-

sistant District AttorneyKellie Hill, Reid used herrole as the school districtschief operating ofcer toaward contracts to Pope.Hill accused the defen-dants of manipulating theschool system.

The evidence will showhat Mr. and Mrs. Popes

marriage created a conict,Hill said.

Both Reid and Pope arecharged with violating theRacketeer Inuenced andCorrupt Organizations Actand three counts of theft byaking by a government em-

ployee.Prior to Reid being

hired by DCSD, Pope wasresponsible for managinga construction project atColumbia High School. Theproject, funded by a SpecialLocal Option Sales Tax,was already under way andReid allegedly had a meet-ng with school ofcials and

said she understood she wasnot to hire Pope for any sub-sequent projects.

Hill said, even after thismeeting, Pope overbilled thedistrict by approximately$100,000 for work done onhe Columbia High School

project and was authorized

by Reid to perform approxi-mately $600,000 of newwork for the district.

During this time, thedistrict became involved ina civil suit with construc-

tion rm Heery Interna-tional, which had managedDCSDs SPLOST projects.Reid reportedly red therm, citing questionablebilling practices. The rmthen sued the district, claim-ing it was owed money forwork it had done. The dis-trict then countersued Heeryfor $100 million.

According to prosecu-tors, Reid was kept on at thedistrict because of her in-volvement in the civil case,even after Lewis told districtofcials she tried to black-

mail him.Reids attorney Tony

Axamrefutes the chargesand said his client isntguilty of a single one.

Shes not guilty and shewill plead not guilty, Axamsaid.

Additionally, Axam saidthere was no conspiracybetween Reid and Pope toshare the money obtainedthrough the questionablecontracts.

Well come back infront of youI will look

you straight in the eye andsay once again that the evi-dence is insufcient, Axamsaid.

Popes defense attorneyJohn Petrey said his cli-ent admitted to accidentallyoverbilling the district butthat he didnt realize it un-til he was indicted. Petreyclaimed that it was a mis-take, and nothing morethan a billing error.

It certainly was not atheft, Petrey said. Therewas no conspiracy betweenPat Reid or Tony Pope

nothing was stolen from theDeKalb County school sys-tem.

Lewis is supposed totestify on behalf of prosecu-tors. Additionally, defenseattorneys said Reid andPope are expected to testifyas well.

Attorneys and defendants, former schools construction chief Pat Reid and her ex-husband Tony Pope,appeared in court for opening statements Nov. 4. The trial is expected to last approximately a month. Photos byKent Johnson from theAtlanta Journal Constitution

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Taekwondo teacher chargedwith rape back in court


A Lithonia Taekwondoinstructor appeared in courtNov. 4 for the second timeto answer to charges that hesexually assaulted a 9-year-old student in 2011.

Adrian Spellen, at onetime an Olympic hopeful, ischarged with two counts ofchild molestation and onecount of aggravated childmolestation. Spellen facedsimilar charges in Novem-ber 2012, but the judgedeclared a mistrial becausejurors couldnt reach a con-sensus.

Spellen is accused ofsexually assaulting one ofthe students who attended amartial arts camp at his Tae-kwondo studio Powerkick

Martial Arts between Mayand June of 2011.What I expect the evi-

dence to show is that duringthe rst week of summercamp, the unthinkable hap-pened, Assistant DistrictAttorney Dalia Racine toldjurors during opening state-ments.

Racine described the de-tails of the alleged incidentand said it was only severalweeks later, when the vic-tims mother gave her thetalk about the birds and thebees that the victim said,

Thats what Mr. Spellendoes to me.

Before Spellen learned ofthe charges against him, Ra-cine said, he bought child

molestation insurance forhis martial arts studio. How-ever, defense attorney JohnTurnersaid the insurancewas more than just pervertinsurance and offered com-plete coverage.

Turner said the case in-volving Spellen is a classic

he said, she said, and ac-cused the victim of chang-ing the story she told toinvestigators three times. Healso accused the victim ofbeing brainwashed by pros-ecutors and her parents.

There are no witnessesthat back up what [thevictim] says; there was noimmediate outcry, Turnersaid.

According to prosecutorsand the victims testimony,Spellen assaulted the victimwhile they were in the front

ofce of the martial artsstudio. Turner argued thatthe layout of the buildingwould make it impossiblefor Spellen to commit suchan act without being caught.

Prosecutors allege thatthe only thing that stoppedSpellen from continuingwith his assault was that acar pulled in front of thebuilding, which has glasswindows in the front.

During the previous trial,which lasted several weeks,Spellen testied that henever did anything inappro-

priate while working withthe student and the wholeincident was fabricated.

Turner testied that pros-ecutors lacked the evidence

to prove Spellens guilt.Much of the previous tri-

al hinged on testimony fromthe victim and her mother,who told jurors that after theincident her daughter repeat-edly woke up in the middleof the night crying becauseof nightmares she had.

One dream I rememberin particular her talking tome aboutshe dreamed thatMr. Spellen was going totake all her Taekwondo beltsaway because she told, thevictims mother testied.

According to Spellenscompany website, he hasbeen competing and train-ing in Taekwondo for nearly20 years. He is a certiedinstructor, has a black belt,and has coached 38 stateand regional champions andve national champions. He

is also a ve-time nationalchampion and won a silvermedal at the 2010 SouthAmerican Games in Medel-lin, Colombia.

In 2011, Spellen wasreleased on $100,000 bondand ordered not to have anycontact with minors exceptfor family members. JudgeClarence Seeligerrevokedhis bond in March whenprosecutors accused him ofviolating those conditions.

Spellen faces life inprison if found guilty of thecharges.

A Taekwondo instructor accused of sexually assaulting one of his students is back on trial for a second time.In 2012, Adrian Spellen was tried for the alleged assault but jurors could not reach a consensus and a judgedeclared a mistrial. Photo by Daniel Beauregard

Folklore and legends to befeatured in internationalstorytelling event

The Southern Order ofStorytellers (SOS) Tel-labration! Atlanta, a story-telling program lled withfolklore, legends, wisdomand diversity, is part of aninternational night of story-telling held each year in No-vember. A network of sto-rytelling enthusiasts gatherin more than 200 townsand cities around the world,sharing their stories whilebridging global cultures.

The 24th annual Tel-labration! Atlanta will beSaturday, Nov. 16, 7:30p.m. at The Friends Schoolof Atlanta, 862 S. Columbia

Drive, Decatur. Tickets areavailable online at www.southernorderofstorytell-ers.org at a cost of $10 inadvance and $15 after Nov.13.

The Southern Order ofStorytellers is both pleasedand honored to once againbe a part of Tellabration!Each year we carefully se-lect and showcase some ofour most talented membersand performers, said An-thonyVinson, SOS presi-dent. This is more than justa showits an event.

Tellabration! Atlantasfeatured storytellers, TersiBendiburg, Chetter Gal-lowayand CynthiaWatts,will share their assortmentof folktales and legendsfrom the American Southand around the world. Theprogram emcee is JonahMcDonald.

Bendiburg is a bilingualstorytellerCuban born andGeorgia reared.

With vivid memoriesfrom her childhood in post-revolution Cuba, Tersi uses

the power of storytellingto widen understanding ofourselves and people ofother cultures, states anannouncement about theevent.

Bendiburgs repertoireincludes folktales, legends,anecdotes and stories shehas gathered from her na-tive Cuba, historic Georgiaand her travels to Mexico,the Caribbean, and CentralAmerica. She has recordedtwo CDs: The Woman at theLoom: Folktale Heroines of

Latin AmericaandBeyondand By the Sea: Tales Toldin the Caribbean.

Galloway, a Djembe per-cussionist, specializes in theoral tradition of African andAfrican-American storytell-ing and includes music anddrumming in his perfor-mances.

Animated and energetic,he engages the listener as hespins new tales from classicstories, the announcementstated.

Galloway, a native ofSuffolk, Va., has releasedtwo storytelling CDs:EvilKnows Where Evil Sleeps:Stories from the other sideof midnightandFreshSqueezed Carrot Juice:

Tales of Brer Rabbit.Watts grew up Philadel-

phia and visited Virginia of-ten where she heard storiesfrom her relatives that tran-scended timestories abouttheir family history, thetimes that followed slavery,and other stories of biblicaland animal characters, theannouncement states. Inher own storytelling artistry,she uses insights from manycultures to help audiencemembers transcend theirown experience, time andculture and to understanduniversal, life-enrichingtruths.

Watts has recorded twoDVDs: Storytime with Cyn-thia Watts, Volume 1 andVolume 2, and a CD,Ani-mals and Other Folks.

McDonald is a seasonedentertainer whose storytell-ing has been featured onAtlantas NPR afliate sta-tion, WABE 90.1 FM. Hefounded the Stories Squaredconcert series in Decaturand has served on the SOSboard.

For additional infor-mation, contact LaDorisBias-Davisat Producer/[email protected] or(404) 805-5705.

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Jessica Diemer-Eaton, right, shows various animal hides.

Mark Eaton, left, displays different dried foods that nativeAmericans ate.

Inside of a Lakota Sioux tepee.

Felicia Alfaro of the Chicahua Yolotli Aztec dance group.

Members of the Chicahua Yolotli Aztec dance group perform during the fourth annual Indian Festival & Pow-Wow atStone Mountain Park. Photos by Travis Hudgons

Boo is a North American GreatHorn Owl.

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The Village Cornerrestaurant in StoneMountain has been

steadily expanding fornearly 40 years but ownersClaus and HildeFriesesaidthe restaurant began out ofnecessity.

The Frieses, who livedin Baltimore and Washing-ton before moving to StoneMountain, said when theymoved to Georgia it wasmissing the village delis thatwere popular in Germanyand other areasdelis thathad freshly baked bread,free of preservatives.

Both Hilde, from Mu-nich, and Claus, from Ham-

burg, said the city of StoneMountain was much differ-ent back then.

There was just nothinghere at this time 40 yearsago, Hilde said. Now youcan get decent stuffallthese bread companies thatmoved down here havegood breadstheres a lotof stuff now that wasntthere then.

To make up for lack ofquality baked goods, Hildesaid, she began baking herown bread and giving it toher friends. However, short-

ly after they moved to StoneMountain Claus lost his jobworking for a national realestate investment company.

Claus said that duringthis time, under PresidentJimmy Carter, the unem-ployment rate was high andit was hard for people tond jobs, especially immi-grants. There were very fewbakeries producing breadswithout preservatives sothey decided to start a busi-ness.

It started out as a ne-cessity. I was baking bread

at home and I was givinga lot away and Claus losthis job. I just told all myfriends, Im sorry but Icant do this for free any-more, Hilde said.

Throughout its history,the restaurant has operatedin several locations. Claussaid they have been in theircurrent location off JamesB. Rivers Drive since 1985.Prior to being occupied bythe restaurant, the buildingserved as one of the citysrst gas stations.

Prior to the 1996 Olym-

pics in Atlanta, Hilde and

Claus expanded the restau-rant again to include a barthat serves only beer fromGermany (except a few Irishales on St. Patricks Day).That year, Hilde said their

oldest daughter was startingcollege and they decided tobuild an apartment abovethe restaurant.

The kids are gone sowe dont need the lawn andthe garden and the play-ground and all that stuffnow somebody else does thelandscaping, Hilde said.

Recently, Hilde said,they signed the businessover to their son Carl, whois working on turning thebakery in the basement intoan in-house brewery for therestaurant. When they rst

moved into their currentlocation, Hilde said theybuilt the bakery to supplytheir wholesale customers.Now they no longer needit because the restaurant isonly baking enough to sup-ply itself.

I think when youredone expanding you getstagnant, Hilde said.

Hilde said the restaurantdoesnt have enough moneyto hire a brew master soCarl will be doing most ofthe work on his own.

Hes been brewing

and making home brew foraround 20 years, Hildesaid. Its also going to bea bit of a learning curve forhim because hes going todo it all by himself but peo-ple here in Stone Mountainare really looking forward toit so hopefully by next Ok-toberfest we can have it.

The Frieses are plan-ning on having four beers: alager, a Pilsner, an Oktober-fest beer and a wheat beer.

Claus said when theyrst started the restauranthe wanted to have a brew-

ery but the permitting andlicensing process was tooexpensive. Now, he said, itscheaper than paying a fewcar loans.

There has been a lot ofinnovation in this and a lotof changes with the law thatwill make it easier, Claussaid. Its time consumingbut we cant wait. Weregoing to do it in 80 gallonbatches.

View more photos at www.thechampionnewspaper.com.

Family-owned German restaurant offers a taste of Bavaria

Claus and Hilde Friese have been running the Village Corner restaurant in downtown Stone Mountain for nearly0 years. It began as a wholesale bakery that sold baked goods made without preservatives. Photo by Travis

Hudgons

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Hassan, a member of the SomaliAmerican Community of Atlanta, 19.60percent; Birendra Dhakal, executivedirector of the Bhutanese Associationof Georgia, 17.96 percent; and Chris-topher Busing,a 12-year resident ofClarkston, 16.77 percent.

Doraville

City Council Member D1Robert J. Patrick* 94.72 percent

City Council Member D2Brian L. Bates* 40.35 percentDawn OConnor 59.65 percent

City Council Member D3Karen Pachuta* 42.42 percentSharon Spangler 57.14 percent

Dunwoody

City Council Member D1 P1David Davis 3.13 percentHenly Shelton 38.84 percentDenis Shortal* 57.78 percent

City Council Member D2 P2William Mercier 7.07 percentJim Riticher 52.18 percentHeyward Wescott 40.71 percent

City Council Member D3 P3

Sam Eads 48.65 percentDoug Thompson* 50.85 percent

Decatur

City Commissioner D1 PAFred Boykin* 96.85 percent

City Commissioner D2 PAPatricia Garrett* 97.28 percent

Board of Education at LargeAnnie Caiola 97.85 percent

Board of Education D1PAMark Arnold 47.52 percentLewis B. Jones 52.48 percent

Board of Education D2PABernadette Seals 96.58 percent

Pine Lake

City Council MemberLynn Alex-Ehrlicher 17.96 percentErika C. Brown 30.56 percentGeorge Chidi 31.37percentJeri Jaremko 17.96 percent

Stone MountainStone Mountain residents elected

incumbent Wheelerto serve another termas mayor.

Wheeler received 52.40 percent ofthe votes, beating master plumber CyrilMungalwho garnered 47.38 percent.

Elected in 2009, Wheeler previouslyserved as mayor of Stone Mountain from

1985-97. Mungal previously served asDistrict 2 councilman but resigned hisseat to run for mayor, forcing a specialelection.

Residents also elected two newcouncil members.

Steve Wells defeated Paul Hollis inthe District 2 race with 61.89 percent.Hollis received 37.88 percent of the votewith 433 ballots cast.

Wells has been a Stone Mountainresident for more than six years andpreviously served as the director ofthe citys Main Street program andDowntown Development Authority from2007-10.

Andrea Redmondreceived 52.54percent of the votes for the race forDistrict 6. ArtStation Arts CenterFounder and President David Thomasreceived 45.54 percent of the overallvote, with 204 out of a possible 448ballots cast.

Incumbents Susan Coletti and SteveHiggins retained their council seats.

Coletti ran unopposed, receiving96.92 percent of the votes.

Higgins, who ran against DianaRoe Hollis, won with 63.55 percentand 279 ballots cast in his favor. Hollisreceived 36.45 percent of the votes, withapproximately 439 ballots cast. Higginshas been a resident of Stone Mountainfor 12 years and was elected to the citycouncil in 2005.

Chamblee ofcials saidthe city would havebeen unable to providesome services to morethan 11,000 residents.Chamblee also argued thatannexing Century Centerinto Brookhaven wouldimpact the election and thereferendum.

Hogan, who has beenoutspoken and critical ofBrookhavens actions, saidhe is happy the guys withthe white hats won.

This was a matter of aprivate deal that was doneunder the table and thejustice system proved thatthat type of action has noplace in what were tryingto do here in Georgia, hesaid.

Hogan added that hehopes both cities can moveforward and work togetherin the future.

Were looking verymuch forward to makingBrookhaven our brotherand moving forward andcreating an area here innorth DeKalb where wecan all advance and wecan all have high qualitylives, Hogan said.* (Incumbent)


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American Legion serves those who served Americaby Kathy [email protected]

Those driving along the Avondale Estatestretch of Covington Highway are likely to have

noticed the American Legion post east of theitys business district. They may even have

gone there for one of its monthly breakfasts orome other event open to the public.

What goes on there day-to-day, however,may be a mystery to some. The post, whichits on grounds that were once a golf course,s one of more than 14,000 posts worldwidehat serve the needs of American veterans. The

posts are meeting places and recreation hallsfor American Legions more than 2.4 millionmembers.

According to the American Legions website,he organization was chartered by Congressn 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization.Focusing on service to veterans, service

members and communities, the Legion evolvedfrom a group of war-weary veterans of WorldWar I into one of the most inuential nonprotgroups in the United States, states the website.

Over the years, the Legion has inuencedonsiderable social change in America, won

hundreds of benets for veterans and producedmany important programs for children andyouth, the site information continues.

Those who are familiar with the AmericanLegion may think of it as a gathering placefor older men swapping war stories. Wereworking to change that, said Ron Gordon,vice commander of the Harold Byrd Post 66

he post on Covington Highwaywho said theAmerican Legion at the state and national levels actively recruiting younger veterans as well as

minority group members and women, who also areunderrepresented in its membership.

Gordon, whos the posts rst Black vice

commander, serves underJanChappell, the rstfemale commander the post has ever had.

When I left the army at rst I thought I justwanted to put the military behind me. What mademe want to get involved in the American Legionwas I saw how veterans were being treated, saidGordon, who served in the Army from 1966 until1972, including three years of active duty and threeyears in the Army Reserve Europe. When I read

about the man who was being treated atthe VA hospital who committed suicide,

I said, Thats horrible. That nevershould have happened.

Gordon said he also was upset bystories of employees at retirementhomes stealing veterans benets byforging their names on checks. Thathappened right here in this area, hesaid. That kind of thing just shouldntgo on.

He said many of the benets veteransnow enjoy came about at the urging ofthe American Legion. I dont thinkthe G.I. Bill would ever have passed ifthe American Legion hadnt becomeinvolved, he said, referencing thefederal Servicemens Readjustment Actof 1944 that provided a range of benetsfor returning World War II veterans,including low-cost mortgages, low-interest business loans and access toschool tuition.

We dont just serve veterans, wealso serve our communities, Gordonexplained, noting that the membershipas well as the spouses axillary andSons of the American Legionanorganization for men whose fathers arelegionnaireskeep up a continuingschedule of community projects.

Gordon, who lives in AvondaleEstates, a short drive from the post, said

he likes spending time at the American Legion post,where he often has lunch or joins other members

in games. In the military you have experiencesthat no one can understand except another personwho served in the military. Thats why we enjoyspending time with each other, talking with eachother, he said, noting that his father and hisgrandfather served in the Army.

Ron Gordon, who lives nearby in Avondale Estates, says he often has lunch orjoins other members for games at the Harold Byrd American Legion Post 66.Photos by Kathy Mitchell

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School district seekshelp from parentsby Andrew Cauthen

[email protected]

The DeKalb County SchoolDistrict (DCSD) wants theparents of its 100 Title 1 schoolsto get more involved.

Thats the goal of the annualDistrictwide Title l ParentInvolvement Conference,scheduled for 8 a.m.-1 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 16, at thedistricts Administrative andInstructional Complex, 1701Mountain Industrial Boulevard,Stone Mountain.

The purpose is simply to

engage our parents, said Dr.Morcease Beasley, executivedirector of DCSDs ofce offederal programs. We want tohear from our parents as to howthey would like to be engaged.We want our parents to tell uswhat has been working for themin our school district, what hasnot been working in our schooldistrict.

During the conference,parents will have theopportunity to provide inputinto the districts parentalinvolvement plan.

What we dont want to do

is develop a plan in isolationand then convey this plan toour parents as if it is our role tocreate their plan, Beasley said.

A component of theparental involvement plan isthe reestablishment of parentcenters, Beasley said.

Previously weve developedcenters and opportunitiesfor parents but they werenot necessarily the ones thatthe parents thought that theyneeded, he said. We wouldlike parents to tell us what theywould like to see, what they

think they need and how theythink the services should bedelivered to them.

The school district hasbudgeted $50,000 to open veparent centers at locations to bedetermined.

The parent centers willserve as a resource, Beasleysaid. If a parent has tosupport their child with mathhomework, wed like to ensurethat there are math resourcesavailable. If the parent needsaccess to a computerwed like to ensure that thatopportunity exists at the center.

The center would be a vehiclefor the parents to come togetherand talk about what parents talkabout.

The centers should be an

extension of all the resourcesthat we have available to

support our parentsas theysupport our students, he said.

Currently the district hasno parent centers. The districthad up to 15 centers thatwere closed by the previousadministration, Beasley said.

Beasley said parentalinvolvement in the schools inthe past has been erratic.

It hasnt been consistent,Beasley said. We might invitea parent here or there to thismeeting or that meeting, butits often been very district-led,district-driven [and] employee-

driven.What we would like toseeis [more] parent-driven,parent-led, parent-orientedmeetingsparents engagedin what parents do to supportchildren, Beasley said.

Parents should be thedrivers of the initiatives, thedrivers of the activities [and]the drivers of the resources thatwe should be using to improvestudent achievement, Beasleysaid.

While we are employeesand were uniquely positionedto ensure that we are compliant

with the federal rules andregulations, were just thatemployees, he said. We needour parents to be engaged, beinformed and to tell us whatthey need us to do to meet theneeds of our kids and to supportthem as they work with theirkids.

Beasley said many parentsdont realize their inuenceand power.

They create the culture for aschool, he said. Schools existbecause of parents. Schoolsexist because of communities

that exist because of parents andstudents. It all goes back to theparents.

During the conference,which approximately 500people are expected to attend,Judge GlendaHatchett, whopresided over a televisionreality court show for eightyears, will be the guest speaker.Childcare and transportationwill also be available.

Ultimately the outcomethat we desire is that ourparents would be instrumentalin helping the district improvestudent achievement through

their engagement, Beasleysaid.

County testing newproduct for vacant homesby Andrew Cauthen

[email protected]

Armed with an aluminum baseballbat, Interim DeKalb County CEO LeeMaytried to break into a vacant housen south DeKalb Nov. 4. When he failed,

DeKalb County Police Chief CedricAl-exandergrabbed a sledge hammer andried to smash through a window. Glasshattered inside the house, but Alexan-

der was also unable to gain entrance intohe house.

May and Alexander were demonstrat-ng the benets of a new way of board-ng up vacant homes using SecureView.

According to the companys website,SecureView is a patented state-of-the-art technology that secures your vacantproperty without exposing its vacancyo onlookers. Newly designed transpar-nt window covers not only have the

wherewithal to protect your propertyfrom intrusion, but also have the uniqueappearance of traditional windows.

May said SecureView brings analternative method for boarding uphomes. The unsightly plywood thatmany people see for vacant propertiess something that were looking to do

away with.As part of a pilot program, the county

s recommending that owners of vacantproperties use the clear window and

door covers to board up homes.Howard Wedren, president of Se-

ureView, said the window covers, madeof recycled materials, cost approximate-y twice as much as plywood, but do not

deteriorate like plywood.

Alexander said the covers offer safe-ty for police ofcers.

I think it helps a great bit becauseany time we come into a community,

particularly with a complaint call orwhere theres some squatters living in-side a home, if its boarded up we cantuse in and out, he said.

Going into these homes is a safetyissue for ofcers, especially since manyare usually very dark places, Alexandersaid. SecureView offers a clear viewinside many of these rooms before theygo inside.

Alexander said the product alsoadds to the aesthetics of the commu-nity.

Its not a secure house sitting therein your community, he said. If youvegot people riding through your neigh-

borhood wanting to buy a house, theyrenot going to want to buy a house... ifthey see a home boarded up.

Theres nothing but advantages init across the board, Alexander said. Iwould love to see it on every boarded uphouse. It would be absolutely great.

May said the idea is to make the useof the clear covers mandatory for vacant

properties.We have to make some adjustments,

some amendments to our code to makethis more of a requirement, May said.

Right now, its not a requirement. Thisis something we look to bring forwardto our Board of Commissioners...tomake this something that will be re-quired in the future.

nterim DeKalb CEO Lee May and Commissioner Stan Watson tried unsuccessfully to break the clearwindow covering.

Police Chief Cedric Alexander said a clear window and door covering system will be a better way ofoarding up vacant homes. Photo by Andrew Cauthen

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The Champion Free Press, Friday, November 8, 2013 Page 17ABUSINESS

Decatur doughnut shop features natural ingredients

The Voice of Business in DeKalb CountyDeKalb Chamber of Commerce

404.378.8000 www.DeKalbChamber.org

Two Decatur Town Center, 125 Clairemont Ave., Suite 235, Decatur, GA 30030

by Kathy [email protected]

Inside the Revolution Doughnuts

hop in Decatur, customers are greetedby the sight of colorful trays of dough-nuts behind the glass counter. Thosecolors, owner Maria Riggsassured,are all natural, as are the avors andall ingredients.

OK, our doughnuts arent healthfood, she acknowledged, but nodoughnuts are. What we sell is realfoodhand crafted by people, not ma-chines. Most doughnut shops use pre-made dough or a mix thats shipped in.We make everything from scratch. Wewant to remind people of the dough-nuts their grandmas used to make inhe kitchen or that they used to get

from a local small-town bakery. Youll

never nd that taste at a chain dough-nut shop.

The word Revolution is in thename, the websites explains, to reecthe fact that the food is all made with

organic our, local dairy from grass-fed cows, fresh fruit, natural avorextracts and 100 percent trans-fat freevegetable oils. In fact, some offeringsare vegan and use no dairy or eggs.

Riggs, whos originally from Cali-fornia, said shes not a professionalbaker and is largely self-taught thoughhe has been mentored by experienced

bakers. I worked in a bake shop andearned a lot there, she said, notinghat among the things she learned was

an appreciation for farm-to-table foodhats tasty and has a home baked

quality.The rst shop Riggs and her hus-

band opened in the area offered avariety of baked goods, but, she said,doughnuts were their most popularmenu item. She said that althoughheir rst business in downtown Atlan-a did not succeed, it provided a valu-

able learning experience. When weopened this place, we decided to focuson doughnuts, she said. The Decaturhop opened on in 2012 on June 1,

National Doughnut Day.

The decision to open the shop inDecatur was initially driven by a de-sire to work near home and her childsschool, she explained. I have a child

in the Decatur school system; its greatto be able to leave here and be threeminutes from the school, Riggs said,adding that the location has workedout well.

People around here are really intofood. They read labels. They shop atfarmers markets. They like to knowwhat theyre eating, she said, explain-ing that her doughnuts are also avail-able at farmers markets in Decatur,East Atlanta and Grant Park.

Riggs said that many doughnuts atRevolution are appropriate for specialdiets such as vegan, nut-free or lowgluten. Approximately 80 percentof our doughnuts are vegan friendly.

Thats one advantage of making every-thing from scratchwe know whatsin it, she commented.

The menu includes more than 20varieties of doughnuts, in both yeastand cake style, including vanilla bean,toasted almond, shredded coconut,fresh peach slider, dark chocolate andorange pistachio. Judging from onlinecomments, the caramel-glazed dough-nut with bacon is a particular favorite.The shop also offers coffee from a lo-cal fair trade provider whose productis organic and shade grown.

The small shop extends to a patio,where on pleasant days some patronslike to sit outside. On the morning of

Oct. 31 most tables inside and outsidewere lled and the line at the counterwas long. Im going to have to makea note of that, Riggs said. Peoplelike to go out for doughnuts on Hal-loween.

There were lots of small childrenrunning around as their parents sippedcoffee and ate doughnutsand Riggssaid thats the way she likes it. Wework at making the place familyfriendly. We even put a little child-sizeplay kitchen in the dining area wherechildren can play.

Owner Maria Riggs says all her products are made from scratch. Photo by KathyMitchell

Some Revolution Doughnuts customers are suchans they proclaim their fondness with a T-shirt.

The shop offers more than 20 varieties, some vegan or low-gluten. The line is often long at the Decatur shop. Photos byDonna Turner

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The Champion Free Press, Friday, November 8, 2013 Page 18AEDUCATION

See Ponder on Page 19A

Educators ponderstatus quo of educationby Andrew [email protected]

A conference at GeorgiaPiedmont Technical CollegeGPTC) Oct. 30-31 was de-igned to challenge educa-ors preconceptions about

education.Education has been be-

hind for many years. I thinkhe public has had it, saidpeaker Cathilea Robinett,

executive vice president ofeRepublic, a media and re-earch company focused ex-

clusively on state and localgovernment and education.I think folks are saying,

Why are we educating ourkids in such an archaic fash-

ion?GPTC PresidentJabari

Simami said,Students to-day learn differently yet weteach them same old way.We still lecture to them onsubjectsout of contextwith their reality [and] ex-pect to them to regurgitateoften meaningless facts anddetails on a standardizedhigh school exam.

GPTC, in conjunctionwith The Center for Digi-tal Education, hosted theSouthern K-14 EducationInnovation Summit.

During the summit edu-cators discussed the national

problem in which too manyyoung people in America

Pam Weeks, center, Buffy and principal Bob Mosely entertain students at Jolly Elementary during an anti-drug program. Photos by Travis Hudgons

Weeks, as part of her role of The Pam and Buffy show, delivers the Cool is me, Im drug free, message.he future of education was the subject of a two-day conference at

Georgia Piedmont Technical College. Photos by Andrew Cauthen

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The Champion Free Press, Friday, November 8, 2013 Page 19AEDUCATION

Lithonia students learnbullies are monstersby Andrew [email protected]

On Halloween Day, stu-dents at Lithonia MiddleSchool learned about mon-ters, but not the scary mov-e kind. They learned abouthe bullying kind as part ofhe Dont Be a Monster

anti-bullying campaignpresented by NetherworldHaunted House of Norcross.

Every seven secondsomeone is bullied andhen one out of every seventudents is bullied, Neth-

erworlds JesseHamrickold the middle schoolers.

That comes out to 160,000tudents staying home every

year due to bullying.

This is a pretty seriousopic, he said.

Hamrick told the studentsabout various types of bul-ying, including cyberbul-ying.

Cyberbullying is prob-ably the worst of them allbecause it can last 24 hoursa day] and can be relent-ess, Hamrick said.

The 30-minute programencouraged students to re-port all incidents of bullyingo school staff.

Its OK to report bul-

ying, seriously, Hamrickaid. Nobody will thinkbadly or negatively of you.The majority of usare by-tanders. We dont do any-hing. We just kind of stand

on the sidelines and watch it

happen.The star of the presenta-tion was Frank Shelly, aFrankenstein-inspired youngmonster who suffers frombullying in school. Studentswatched a video aboutFrank being bullied. At theend of the video, studentsscreamed as he appeared onstage. They had the oppor-tunity to shake Franks handas they left the assembly.

Lisa McGhee, LithoniaMiddles principal, saidshe brought the program tothe school to make sure

our students understandthat bullying is not allowed.Its not something that wetolerate at Lithonia MiddleSchool.

McGhee said the schools

counseling department talksto every class about bully-ing.

Bullying is a problem inthe nation, McGhee said.

I do understand that stu-dents are bullied daily on aregular basis but I think wetry to make sure to tell thekids toreport any bully in-cidents and we try to handleit swiftly, she said.

McGhee said the schoolalso makes it a priority tonotify the parents of stu-dents who are bullied or aredoing the bullying.

Sometimes they justdont know, she said.They dont know the extentof it.

are in a pipeline that leadsfrom the cradle to prisonor in many cases, sadly, thegraveyard, according toan announcement about theevent.

Attendees includedtechnical and communitycollege presidents, publicschool district superinten-dents, policymakers, educa-tors and industry partners.

Simami said educatorsneed to embrace a newway of thinking.

Our students are digitalyet we charge them hun-dreds of dollars each semes-ter in college for textbooks,he said.

What if the norm be-came preK through 14resulting in more students

earning an associates de-gree, technical certicates ordiplomas? Simami asked.Under the current structure,if more people were dualenrolled, wouldnt they bebetter ready for the work-force or for higher educa-tion? What about introduc-ing a kid in the fth grade toautomotive technology?

In education, shouldntall students be winners?Simami said.

Ron Jackson, a commis-sioner for the Technical Col-

lege System of Georgia, saidtechnological advances arechallenging the status quoof education in traditionalclassrooms.

It has implications inso many ways for the waystudents will learn in thefuture, Jackson said. It isgoing to challenge us whohave learned education in aparticular way. It will likelynot be that way ve years,10 years, 15 years down theroad.

Quite frankly, one thingthat I and the governor and

the General Assembly aregoing to start questioning isdo we need the investmentin bricks and mortar that wehad in the past? Jacksonsaid.

Online courses are justtouching the very surface ofwhat is likely on its way ineducation, he said.

Studentswho can pickup their iPhone, who canpick up their tablets and goto a Khan Academy [a freeonline educational resource]and go to a virtual high

school here in Georgia, whocan learn almost indepen-dentlywill challenge us aseducatorsto come to termswith what that meanswiththe way we look at informa-tion and the way informa-tion is delivered, Jacksonsaid.

When Georgia Tech isdelivering an entire mastersdegree program online inengineering and they canregister 5,000 students forthat one course, they are go-ing to make a lot of moneyand a lot of people are go-

ing to get a degree in a waythats faster and quickerthan theyve ever experi-enced before, he said. Ican tell you, the people thatdo that, theyre going tolove it, theyre going to em-brace it and it has in everyway possible challengedhow we do what were do-ing today, how we are goingto manage that shift and thatchange.

Jackson said, Thechange is upon us. We needto reach out and grab the

future and make sure thatwere preparedand candrive that change.

Curtis Johnson, presi-dent of Citistates Group andsenior associate for Educa-tion Evolving, said, Educa-tion as an industry is almostcompletely out of alignmentwith 21stcentury reality.

You would think thatknowledge is somethingthats really scarceand theonly forum for accessing it,he said. A 12-year-old canget to any pocket of knowl-edge faster than anybody in

this room. He or she maynot know what to do with it,may not be wise enough tointerpret it, may need a lotof help sorting out whatstruthful and whats not, butgetting the knowledge is nolonger a problem. You nolonger need an adult stand-ing up there.

Ponder Continued From Page 18A

Students at Lithonia Middle School met Frank the monster during an anti-bullying program Oct. 31. Photos byAndrew Cauthen

Dont be a monster was the message of Jesse Hamrick and Frank themonster during the anti-bullying program.

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Shelley scored four touchdowns in Tuckers win over M.L. Kingby Carla [email protected]

Tuckerwide receiverand defensive back YaquisShelleyshowed off hisathletic skills Nov. 1 as he

cored four touchdownsn Tuckers 60-34 Region6-AAAAA win over theMartin Luther King Jr. Lionsat Hallford Stadium.

Shelley scored on offense,defense and special teams. Hecored on the rst play fromcrimmage, intercepting M.L.

King quarterback RolandRiversand returning it 30yards for a touchdown to givehe Tucker Tigers an early 7-0ead.

After back-to-backurnovers by both teams,

Rivers connected with wide

eceiver Romello Shumakeon a 63-yard touchdown pass.A failed two-point conversionhad the Lions trailing 7-6 inhe rst quarter.

Shelley got his secondouchdown of the game

on a 43-yard pass fromquarterback Joseph Farraro extend the lead to 14-6.

M.L. King answered witha 7-yard touchdown run byunning back Jamel Smithtout the lead to 14-12.

But on the ensuingkickoff, Shelley ran 78yards to the end zone to

give Tucker a 21-12 lead.After Dominick Sanderspicked off Rivers, his thirdnterception in the rst half,

Tucker scored on a 26-yardpass from Farrar to RaquanRushto extend the lead to27-12.

Rivers would throw hisfourth interception of thegame on the following drive,but he bounced back andhrew a 14-yard touchdown

pass to Raylan Elzy. Smithadded two points to cut theead to 27-30.

A 33-yard eld goal byEric Webber gave Tucker a30-20 lead at halftime.

The Lions had issues withhigh snaps on punt attemptshroughout the game and a

high snap in the third quarterwent in the back of the endzone for a safety, extendingTuckers lead to 32-20.Shelley struck again on theensuing kickoff with a 68-yard return to give Tuckera 39-20 lead in the thirdquarter.

Head coach BryanLamarsaid Shelley has aknack of making big plays.

Hes a heck of a player,he said. Hes one of thebest players in the country.Extremely explosive all those

things.The Lions made the

game interesting, cuttingTuckers lead to 39-34 with9:17 to play. Rivers hitDwane Taylorfor a 15-yardtouchdown and a 54-yardscreen pass to running backRobert Pritchett to cut thelead.

But the Tigers answeredwith three touchdowns inthe next six minutes on aSanders 27-yard run, a22-yard pass from Farrarto Nekyle Lundieand a26-yard rushing touchdown

by Farrar to bring the nalscore to 60-34.

The No. 1 ranked Tigerscan wrap up the region andan undefeated season with

a win over Mays Nov. 8 atLakewood Stadium.

Mays 13, Stephenson 9The No. 4 ranked

Stephenson Jaguars wereunable to come back froma 13-9 decit at halftimeand fell to Mays in a keyRegion 6-AAAAA contest atLakewood Stadium Nov. 2.

The Raiders (7-2)knocked Stephenson (7-2) out of second place inthe region standings andopened the door for a regionchampionship game against

Tucker.Miller Grove 16, SWDeKalb 14

The Miller GroveWolverines rallied from a14-0 fourth quarter decitto defeat the Southwe

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