www.crossroadsnews.com May 15, 2010 Copyright © 2010 CrossRoadsNews, Inc. In search of work FINANCE Michael Keller of Lithonia was one of about 300 job-seekers who attended a career expo in Norcross, hosted by 4th District Con- gressman Hank Johnson. 5 Jason Carter might have won the special election for Senate District 42 without his famous grandparents hit- ting the campaign trail on his behalf, but it surely didn’t hurt. 3 Family influence COMMUNITY An Atlanta- in-DeKalb community is growing food for itself and others with help from Scotts Miracle-Gro and DeKalb County partners . 7 Goodness from the garden WELLNESS Need for MARTA dramatized VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3 School board OKs deep cuts Transit advocates seek more funding for buses, trains Photos by Carla Parker / CrossroadsNews More than 200 supporters converged on the Five Points station on May 11 to urge more funding for the cash-strapped transit system. Many wore surgical masks to raise the specter of increased air pollution. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott attended the rally organized by transit union locals. The Rev. Jesse Jackson of Rainbow PUSH called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only. By Jennifer Ffrench Parker School taxes won’t go up this year, but parents, students and teachers will be feel- ing the pinch because of a $104.4 million package of cuts approved by the DeKalb School Board on May 10. Board members opted to use the scal- pel rather than increase the school tax by a half mill or 1 mill to raise $9 million or $18 million to help balance its 2011 budget. District 9 board member Jay Cun- ningham said he didn’t care which one members supported as long as the parents and students get some help to keep the magnet transportation. But the nine-member board voted 5-4 to slash half of the magnet transporta- tion stops; to ax 150 central positions for administrators, secretaries and police of- ficers; and to lay off 100 paraprofessionals, 30 media clerks and nine certified technol- ogy specialists. With the budget reductions, class size increases; teachers get seven furlough days, a 3.9 percent pay cut; and administrators gets 10 furlough days,a 6.25 percent pay cut. Parents with children in magnet schools gets to drive longer distances to nine satellite stops instead of the current 18. “I don’t support this,” she said. Assistant Superintendent Robert Mo- seley said after the meeting that he will begin examining the satellite locations to determine which nine will remain. “We will look at where the magnet students live and where the elementary schools they attend are to determine where the stops will remain,” he said. This is the second cut in a year for magnet transporta- tion. Last year, the district stopped picking up children in their neighborhoods. Board members also voted to cut $26 million in contributions to the employees retirement plan. The general fund budget of $746.6 million was approved without a single vote from the four south DeKalb representa- tives. The oher no votes came from Sarah Copelin-Wood, Zepora Roberts and Dr. Eugene Walker. Dr. Pamela Speaks from Stone Mountain was the lone African- American board member voting for the budget. Walker said a widespread “anti-millage increase sentiment” on the board was the issue – not race. “I think it has more to do with Repub- licans and Democrats,” he said. “I want you By Carla Parker Commuters, workers and other sup- porters of MARTA and mass transit donned surgical masks Tuesday to dramatize the pollution problems that Atlanta would face without MARTA. More than 200 adults and children rallied outside the transit system’s Five Points sta- tion in Atlanta to press their case for more funding for the cash-strapped system that has experienced a reduction in federal and sales tax revenues this year. Leading the effort was the Rev. Jesse Jack- son, Rainbow PUSH’s founder and president. Jackson called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only. “We need to be more flexible – use money for riders and workers,” he said. Jackson was in town to help press Gov. Sonny Perdue into signing House Bills 227, 1393 and 1446 that will give MARTA and other transportation systems the freedom to use their capital reserve funds to keep buses and trains rolling. HB 277 grants the transit authority use of its capital reserve funds for three years, but MARTA supporters want the cap to be lifted permanently. The transit system is facing a 30 percent cut in operations this year and says it needs $120 million for operations and to prevent the loss of 1,000 jobs. The rally was organized by local transit workers, Amalgamated Transit Union Lo- cal 732 members, and attended by MARTA officials, including the transit system’s CEO Beverly Scott. Jackson said that MARTA, which carries 500,000 passengers a day, is helping to keep 185,000 cars off the roads and keeping pol- lution down. “If you put more cars on the road, that means more [dependence] on gas and oil,” Jackson said. Benita West, Local 732’s president, said that although a “transit bill is in the works, there won’t be enough to cover job cuts.” MARTA faces significant funding gaps, and without additional support, the 200 buses and trains that were marked with large red X’s during an April 20 protest, soon will be eliminated. Transit workers marked X’s on 200 buses, about a third of MARTA’s fleet, to show the number of buses that would go out of service without access to more money. If the buses are cut, officials say traffic congestion and compromise metro Atlanta’s already would increae and air quality would decrease. The American Lung Association ranks Atlanta among the nation’s 25 most pol- luted cities. Many protesters at Tuesday’s rally wore surgical masks to show what the city’s residents soon would be reduced to if public transportation is compromised. A Texas Transportation Institute’s Mobil- ity Report says that if MARTA ceases opera- tion, annual traffic delays in Atlanta, already second to Los Angeles, would increase by 1.25 million hours, would cost an additional $245 million in gas consumption, late deliv- eries and loss of employee productivity. Harry Lombardo, the Transport Workers Union of America executive vice president, said metro residents should be scared of increased pollution. “If you lose buses and trains, that means more traffic, more pollution, more conges- tion and more kids getting asthma.” he said. “Let MARTA decide how to spend transit money. We’re asking Congress to take the strings off our money.” Please see BUDGET, page 5 Eugene Walker
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COVER PAGEIn search of workFINANCE
Michael Keller of Lithonia was one of about 300 job-seekers who attended a career expo in Norcross, hosted by 4th District Con-gressman Hank Johnson. 5
Jason Carter might have won the special election for Senate District 42 without his famous grandparents hit-ting the campaign trail on his behalf, but it surely didn’t hurt. 3
Family influenceCOMMUNITY
An Atlanta-in-DeKalb community is growing food for itself and others with help from Scotts Miracle-Gro and DeKalb County partners . 7
Goodness from the gardenWELLNESS
Need for MARTA dramatizedVolume 16, Number 3
School board OKs deep cuts
Transit advocates seek more funding for buses, trains
Photos by Carla Parker / CrossroadsNews
More than 200 supporters converged on the Five Points station on May 11 to urge more funding for the cash-strapped transit system. Many wore surgical masks to raise the specter of increased air pollution. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott attended the rally organized by transit union locals.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson of Rainbow PUSH called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only.
By Jennifer Ffrench Parker
School taxes won’t go up this year, but parents, students and teachers will be feel-ing the pinch because of a $104.4 million package of cuts approved by the DeKalb School Board on May 10.
Board members opted to use the scal-pel rather than increase the school tax by a half mill or 1 mill to raise $9 million or $18 million to help balance its 2011 budget.
District 9 board member Jay Cun-ningham said he didn’t care which one members supported as long as the parents and students get some help to keep the magnet transportation.
But the nine-member board voted 5-4 to slash half of the magnet transporta-tion stops; to ax 150 central positions for administrators, secretaries and police of-ficers; and to lay off 100 paraprofessionals, 30 media clerks and nine certified technol-ogy specialists.
With the budget reductions, class size increases; teachers get seven furlough days, a 3.9 percent pay cut; and administrators gets 10 furlough days,a 6.25 percent pay cut. Parents with children in magnet schools gets to drive
longer distances to nine satellite stops instead of the current 18.
“I don’t support this,” she said. Assistant Superintendent Robert Mo-
seley said after the meeting that he will begin examining the satellite locations to determine which nine will remain.
“We will look at where the magnet students live and where the elementary schools they attend are to determine where the stops will remain,” he said. This is the second cut in a year for magnet transporta-tion. Last year, the district stopped picking up children in their neighborhoods.
Board members also voted to cut $26 million in contributions to the employees retirement plan.
The general fund budget of $746.6 million was approved without a single vote from the four south DeKalb representa-tives. The oher no votes came from Sarah Copelin-Wood, Zepora Roberts and Dr. Eugene Walker. Dr. Pamela Speaks from Stone Mountain was the lone African-American board member voting for the budget.
Walker said a widespread “anti-millage increase sentiment” on the board was the issue – not race.
“I think it has more to do with Repub-licans and Democrats,” he said. “I want you
By Carla Parker
Commuters, workers and other sup-porters of MARTA and mass transit donned surgical masks Tuesday to dramatize the pollution problems that Atlanta would face without MARTA.
More than 200 adults and children rallied outside the transit system’s Five Points sta-tion in Atlanta to press their case for more funding for the cash-strapped system that has experienced a reduction in federal and sales tax revenues this year.
Leading the effort was the Rev. Jesse Jack-son, Rainbow PUSH’s founder and president. Jackson called for an end to the legal cap on MARTA’s use of its reserves for capital improvements only.
“We need to be more flexible – use money for riders and workers,” he said.
Jackson was in town to help press Gov. Sonny Perdue into signing House Bills 227, 1393 and 1446 that will give MARTA and other transportation systems the freedom to use their capital reserve funds to keep buses and trains rolling.
HB 277 grants the transit authority use of its capital reserve funds for three years, but MARTA supporters want the cap to be lifted permanently.
The transit system is facing a 30 percent cut in operations this year and says it needs $120 million for operations and to prevent the loss of 1,000 jobs.
The rally was organized by local transit workers, Amalgamated Transit Union Lo-cal 732 members, and attended by MARTA
officials, including the transit system’s CEO Beverly Scott.
Jackson said that MARTA, which carries 500,000 passengers a day, is helping to keep 185,000 cars off the roads and keeping pol-lution down.
“If you put more cars on the road, that means more [dependence] on gas and oil,” Jackson said.
Benita West, Local 732’s president, said that although a “transit bill is in the works, there won’t be enough to cover job cuts.”
MARTA faces significant funding gaps, and without additional support, the 200 buses and trains that were marked with large red X’s during an April 20 protest, soon will be eliminated.
Transit workers marked X’s on 200 buses, about a third of MARTA’s fleet, to show the number of buses that would go out of service without access to more money. If the buses are cut, officials say traffic congestion and compromise metro Atlanta’s already would increae and air quality would decrease.
The American Lung Association ranks Atlanta among the nation’s 25 most pol-luted cities.
Many protesters at Tuesday’s rally wore surgical masks to show what the city’s residents soon would be reduced to if public transportation is compromised.
A Texas Transportation Institute’s Mobil-ity Report says that if MARTA ceases opera-tion, annual traffic delays in Atlanta, already second to Los Angeles, would increase by 1.25 million hours, would cost an additional $245 million in gas consumption, late deliv-eries and loss of employee productivity.
Harry Lombardo, the Transport Workers Union of America executive vice president, said metro residents should be scared of increased pollution.
“If you lose buses and trains, that means more traffic, more pollution, more conges-tion and more kids getting asthma.” he said. “Let MARTA decide how to spend transit money. We’re asking Congress to take the strings off our money.” Please see BUDGET, page 5
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DeKalb School Board member Zepora Roberts is on the warpath against eduKalb, the newly formed political action commit-tee that says it advocates for quality School Board leadership.
In the past three weeks, Roberts, the District 7 representative who is up for re-election for a third term this fall, has lanced into three people on the 21-member eduKalb Board that was unveiled at a May 4 news conference in downtown Decatur.
At the May 10 School Board meeting, Roberts voted against an AT&T cellular phone contract and had strong words for AT&T community liaison Delores Crowell, who is serving on eduKalb’s board in a per-sonal capacity, and for the Organization of DeKalb Educators President David Schutten, who is also on that board.
Crowell was not present at the School Board meeting and did not return telephone calls before press time.
Two weeks ago at the last DeKalb delega-tion at the Capitol, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, which organized eduKalb, was also on the receiving end of Roberts’ ire.
Leonardo McClarty, the chamber’s presi-dent who attended the April 26 delegation meeting, said Roberts “had very, very strong opinions” about eduKalb.
“I will leave it at that,” he said Thursday.During the May 10 School Board vote
on its annual cellular phone contract with AT&T, Roberts was the only board member who spoke about the contract, but she is not the only member to question eduKalb’s motives. She joins Dr. Eugene Walker and Jay Cunningham, who said last week that they believe the group is politically motivated.
In her comments, Roberts said she wanted the board’s minutes to reflect her
opposition and her rationale for it.“I will not vote in favor of this contract
between AT&T and the School System be-cause the AT&T community liaison is part of the newly formed eduKalb movement that has targeted five board members that are up for re-election this year,” she said.
Roberts did not call Crowell by name, but she is listed on the eduKalb’s board as a community advocate with no company affiliation.
Roberts said Crowell’s service on the eduKalb Board was a conflict of interest
with AT&T doing business with the DeKalb School System.
“AT&T has allowed politics to overrule their community duties in making a differ-ence in our community with AT&T liaison being a part of the effort to erase the board,” she said. “If their endorsed candidate wins, over either one of us, that candidate will be beholden to them as needed to support an agenda contrary to our community needs.”
Roberts went on to say that her opposi-tion also would extend to companies that do business with AT&T.
“I will not vote in favor of this item, not only AT&T – but for any other businesses that’s doing business with AT&T and is part of this eduKalb [effort] to erase the board.”
The cellular contract was approved 6 to 3. Roberts was joined by Jim Redovian, who is also up for re-election this year, and Cun-ningham in opposing the contract.
The board’s six other members voted in favor of the contract.
During the board comment period, Rob-erts saved her choicest words for Schutten.
“Now I as a board member receive all these phone calls from teachers and employ-ees saying they get no help from ODE, and I say that they should be helping them, and I ask, if you can’t get any help, why pay your dues,” she said. “Keep your money and help your own budget crisis. Here we are in the middle of a major budget crisis trying to save jobs and eliminate furloughs, and our teach-ers and employees are paying $600 to $700 a year to an organization where the president is sometimes untruthful, untrustworthy, very negative, in representing ODE.”
Roberts said that Schutten encouraged former Superintendent Crawford Lewis to take the board’s $15,000 salary increase earlier this year.
“I did not,” chimed in Schutten, who was sitting in the third row from the front.
Roberts continued: “When the outcry came out, he started backpedaling.”
“Now the only thing that he does is fly all over the country, spending your hard-earned dues trying to be a high roller, hobnobbing with important people,” she said. “In fact, when your ODE president comes to our meetings, he is disrespectful, plain nasty all of the time, very negative and getting more
“AT&T has allowed politics to overrule their
community duties in making a difference in our community
with AT&T liaison being a part of
the effort to erase the board.”
Zepora Roberts, DeKalb County School Board
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DeKalb State Court Chief Judge Edward Carriere Jr. has tendered his resignation to
Gov. Sonny Perdue.Because his departure
date from the county is not until Aug. 31, Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley said Monday that the governor cannot make an appointment until the vacancy actually exists.
“No decision has been made yet, but if the governor decides to make an appointment, he could start the process before Aug. 31,” he said.
“I will definitely put my name in for
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State Sen. Dan Weber said Monday that if the governor is making the appointment, he wants to be considered.
“I will definitely put my name in for consideration,” said Weber, a Dunwoody Re-publican who did not qualify for re-election to his seat last month.
If there is no appointment to the seat, Weber said he does not intend to qualify for the fall election during the June 28-July 3 qualifying period.
Carriere was originally set to retire at the end of his term on Dec. 31, and five DeKalb attorneys – Akintunde “Tunde” Akinyele, Sherry Boston, Nichole Marchand, Anton Rowe and Phyllis Williams – have been campaigning, some for more than a year, for his seat.
But when the county offered an early retirement program in April to help balance its 2010 budget, Carriere was one of 836 employees and 13 department heads who took the offer.
Carriere was elected to the State Court
bench in1998. Before that, he was a DeKalb assistant district attorney and a Recorders Court associate judge.
In his May 5 resignation letter to Perdue, he asked to be appointed to senior status ef-fective on his retirement.
The lawyers who have been campaigning for his seat said last week that they intend to qualify in June for the Nov. 2 election.
Perdue could leave the seat vacant until the November election, but if he decides to appoint someone and pre-empts the election, the candidates say they will put their names in for consideration.
A Perdue appointee would serve a mini-mum of two years and would not be up for election until 2012.
By Jennifer Ffrench Parker
Jason Carter won the Senate District 42 special election by a landslide Tuesday.
Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, walked away with 5,559, or 65.6 percent, of the votes in the four-can-didate race.
He said Wednesday that he is really ex-cited and honored to win his first elected seat.
“I am looking forward to serving the people of the 42nd District,” he said.
Carter made a clean sweep of the election, which attracted only 8,473, or 10.3 percent, of the district’s 82,637 voters.
“We worked very hard,” he said. “We knocked on thousands of doors and made thousands of phone calls.”
He also got his famous grandfather and former first lady and grandmother Rosalynn Carter to campaign for him in East Lake.
The Carters, under the watchful eyes of their Secret Service escorts, knocked on doors and handed out their grandson’s cam-paign brochures to surprised homeowners who opened their doors.
They also shook hands with shoppers outside the Kroger grocery store in the Belve-dere Shopping Center on Memorial Drive.
Jason Carter garnered 91 percent of the votes cast at the East Lake precinct.
“I was proud to tell them that I got the most votes in East Lake where they cam-paigned for me,” he said.
Thomas Stubbs, his Democratic Party opponent who got 1,948, or 22 percent, of the vote, said Wednesday that he contacted the secretary of state and asked for his name
to be removed from the July 20 Democratic primary, for which he and Carter also had qualified.
“I got stomped and that hurts,” Stubbs said.
“There is no point for me to go ahead when he dominated the way he did,” he said. “There is not a whole lot of education in the second kick of a mule. After the first kick, you get the gist of what it feels like.”
Stubbs, who lost Winnona Park – his own precinct – to Carter, said he will find some other way to serve his community.
“I am going to help in some other way.” Carter said that as soon as the election
result is certified by the DeKalb Elections Of-fice and the secretary of state, he will arrange his swearing-in to take the seat vacated by David Adelman, who is now the U.S. ambas-sador to Singapore.
“I think it will probably be within a week,” he said.
Libertarian candidate David Montane got 635, or 7.5 percent, of the vote, and Steve Patrick, who ran as an Independent, got 327, or 3.9 percent, of the vote.
The results of the special election are unofficial until they are certified by the sec-retary of state.
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It is only fitting that Arizona – the last state in the United States to recognize Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday – would also draft and pass the most racist, bigoted, and unrighteous piece of immigra-tion legislation in the name of state immigration reform.
Do we have an immigration concern in this country? Yes. Is pro-filing people the answer? Absolutely not! And that’s what this legislation is: state-sanctioned racial profiling, plain and simple.
When you hear white Ameri-cans, and even some ill-informed African-Americans, say: “Why don’t those Mexicans go back to where they came from?” Or, “Why don’t they just stay on the other side of border?”
Why do we call them illegal “aliens” too? Are they from out of space? And what makes them illegal? Was it “legal” that African-Americans had to sit on the back of the bus? Wasn’t segregation legal? Who writes the laws and who en-forces the laws? In Arizona, the vast majority are Caucasians afraid of losing control.
Long before English-speaking Europeans stepped foot on this continent, it was the home of Native Americans and Hispanics. When they arrived in the 1600s, they killed Native Americans, and then brought slaves from Africa to
work the land. Then they drafted new borders and called these new areas states. All in the name of “manifest destiny.”
White males actually thought it was their God-given right to slaughter people.
America is a nation of immi-grants. Europeans, “the founding fathers,” were immigrants who stole the land right from underneath the natives. European colonialism has really hoodwinked people into believing things that are simply not true.
Hispanics founded and named cities and towns in America. For example, Los Angeles means “City of Angels” in Spanish. San Antonio is Saint Anthony in Spanish. These are not Native American names, so where did they come from?
Europeans, white males specifi-cally, have this arrogant sense of en-titlement that promotes revisionist history. Simply put, they write the history books to perpetuate white supremacy. However, there are
righteous white people in America, and a fair-minded white person will acknowledge that there is an agenda to keep white on top of everyone else.
So what about illegal immi-gration? Colonialism was illegal. Murder, mayhem, rape, robbery and genocide were illegal!
“We the people,” in the Pre-amble of the U.S. Constitution, was not intended for all human beings in the country. It was meant for white male landowners who owned slaves and fathered children with African women, which they never claimed. The Constitution was formulated to create a white male system of domination.
America is called the “bread-basket of the world” because of the mass food production and distri-bution. However, without migrant Mexican farm workers who pick the crops, there would not be any bread. The United States govern-ment and Mexico’s government need to design economic policies
that will employ citizens on both sides of the border. Immigration reform is about economic reform. Immigration reform is about hu-man rights reform.
There is a demographic shift going on in this country and on this continent, in this hemisphere. And with this shift there is an unpredict-ability of a nation that has been used to white male dominance. Now everyone wants a seat at the table of opportunity.
America must sincerely di-versify. Back-room deals and dis-crimination will not be tolerated in this next generation. America’s sustainability and vitality rest in America’s acceptance that things are changing. It’s time to let go of the past and embrace the future.
Yes, we do have an immigration issue to address in this country. But let us address it in a fair and equitable way. Writing and passing laws that simply allow people to be profiled is only going to deepen the wounds of a racist history and fuel the fire of hostility among law-abiding citizens of all national origins.
Arizona may have a real immi-gration problem. But two wrongs never make anything right. The Arizona immigration law is wrong as two left feet on a mule.
Kevin Oliveira lives in Mc-Donough.
There are homes in neighbor-hoods that are foreclosed and you can’t find out which banks own them. Yet you see Realtors showing the property.
The DeKalb tax commissioner’s site lists the last owner, and that information remains until the property is sold. In the meantime, the foreclosed property is owned by the bank and is not maintained.
It is imperative that banks maintain properties going through foreclosure, even before the banks take ownership, and then bill the lender if the properties remain
unkempt.Troubled borrowers need some
help. How about a 90-day fore-closure notice and a mandatory settlement conference extended to all troubled borrowers? Why have we not publicized that there are free services available through
the state?Actually, the victims of foreclo-
sure include those who had nothing to do with it. They are homeowners who see property values to go down anywhere from $7,500 to $10,000 per foreclosed home, and needless to say crime goes up in areas where
foreclosures are up.DeKalb County needs to ad-
dress this situation by developing a comprehensive strategy to seek to protect neighborhoods from the negative impact of foreclosed homes.
I would begin with maintain-ing an up-to-date list of foreclosed homes and include a current list of vacancies available in police squad cars and at roll call as part of the strategy for community-oriented policing projects.
A. Jean Richardson lives in De-catur.
Actually, the victims of foreclosure include those who had nothing to do with it. They are homeowners who see property values to go down anywhere from
$7,500 to $10,000 per foreclosed home. A. Jean Richardson
America is called the “breadbasket of the world” because of the mass food production and distribution. However, without migrant Mexican farm workers who pick the crops,
there would not be any bread. Kevin Oliveira
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to know that we pledged to run for this board as nonpartisans, and I was a Democrat, but I pledged to be nonpartisan, If what I hear is true, these people have been signing these old Republican pledges that that they are not going to raise millage rates, and it offends me greatly.”
The board’s total consolidated 2011 bud-get is $1.3 billion. The millage rate remains at 22.98 mill, metro Atlanta’s third highest.
The South DeKalb four argued for the tax increase to help minimize the impact on the classroom and to keep transportation for South DeKalb students traveling to magnet schools in North DeKalb.
Roberts, the District 7 representative, said the short end of the stick always falls on the south end of the county.
“Children get up right now at 5 a.m. in order to get on a bus to get to a quality educa-tion, where ever it is in the north,” she said. “This should not be. We as board members need to be courageous, get out of our political affiliations and in-crease the millage rate another $18 million or $9 million to do what we need to do for all of our children.”
Copelin-Wood said that the magnet students deserve the same treatment as children attending Fernbank get because both are special programs.
“We want to penalize the children who are bringing the lion’s share of the money to the county,” she said.
Cunningham said he was looking for one more board member to help.
“All I am asking for is a compromise,” he said. “I am asking for five of us to agree that we want to give these parents and these kids a chance to continue with half of these satellites. It’s just not fair to just cut it out. I hope we will have five board members when we call the question.”
Later Walker expressed “great displea-sure” with the budget that was passed.
“We needed to have everybody to suffer the pain of educating our children,” he said. “From the beginning I said that I didn’t think it was in the best interest of education to bal-ance the budget 100 percent on the backs of our programs and employees. We’ve not been talking about bricks and mortar. We‘ve been talking about our children and those people that teach our children and the ones that support them. And as such, it was incumbent on us to try to create the best teaching and learning experience these people could have, and I do not feel that we have done that.”
To share in the cuts, board members voted themselves a vol-untary 10 percent pay cut, about $190 a month reduction in their $19,050-a-year salary. Their pay cut takes effect next month and ends June 30, 2011. Roberts was the lone board member who voted against the board’s pay cut. She said she would not participate because the
salary was for a part-time job that takes full time to do. She opted instead, to forgoe her $4,000 travel allowance.
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Lillian Miller, owner of LTTravel Con-nection Inc. in Decatur, is now a certified heritage tour travel operator.
Miller, who is a member of the na-tional Travel Professionals of Color, said the group, which counts 200 travel agents among its membership, has been building its portfolio of destinations for history buffs who want to reconnect with their heritage in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
Last month, it certified Nassau, Ba-hamas, as its newest heritage destination while holding its eighth annual convention and trade show on the island.
The convention included workshops on how minority travel agents can utilize heritage tours to grow their business.
Miller said she was “totally impressed” with the historical offerings on the island. She said they saw areas that are connected to U.S. history. Among them are Adelaide Village, Gambier Village, Fox Hill, Bain Town, Grants Town, and Clifton Heritage National Park, where slave ships deposited their human cargo. She said they toured a plantation operated by a Savannah-based slave owner that is still standing.
“They took us on tours so that we
would know what we’re selling,” she said.Miller said she is now ready to start of-
fering heritage tours, which can have as few as 10 people.
Her first trip will be to Detroit in June to visit Motown and other locations of interest to African-Americans.
LTTravel Connection is at 5878 Coving-ton Highway in Decatur. For more informa-tion, visit www.lttravelconnection.com or call 770-323-7118.
Lillian Miller (left) poses with a Junkanoo dancer during a heritage tour of the Bahamas.
Michael Keller of Lithonia, who has been hunting for a full-time job for more than a year, fills out paperwork at the 2010 Career Expo hosted by U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson in Norcross on April 30.
By Carla Parker
Michael Keller has been looking for a full-time job for more than a year with no success.
“I have a part-time job at the moment, but before that I was unemployed,” he said.
On April 30, he was among nearly 300 job hunters hoping to find full-time jobs at the 2010 Career Expo hosted by 4th District U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Norcross.
Keller, 23, of Lithonia said he was also there for some career advice.
“I’m looking for more information on how to find a career that is the best fit for me,” he said.
A dozen representatives from federal and local agencies and private businesses took applications and offered application tips. Among them were the DeKalb County Sheriff ’s Office, Georgia Army National Guard, DeKalb Workforce Development,
Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Service, Comcast Cable, and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Johnson, who addressed the applicants before they broke into groups for workshops on resume development and writing, inter-viewing skills, and job searching, said he has been focused on job creation and was reas-sured by economic indicators in April.
“Unemployment ratings have gone down and unemployment insurance has gone down a second month in a row,” he said.
In March, DeKalb’s unemployment rate was 10.4 percent, which is down from 10.7 percent in February. The state’s unemploy-ment rate is 10.6 percent.
Charles Smith, 48, of Athens has a part-time job and said he was looking to network in the hopes of landing a full-time job.
“The worst thing you can do is exclude yourself from being marketable,” he said. “I hope I can pick up some business or get back in the corporate world.”
disrespectful every day. His behavior is just awful.”
Roberts called Schutten’s behavior “a big turnoff” and exhorted school employ-ees to ditch him.
“I don’t think you need anyone to speak for you, because we will do the right thing by our employees,” she said. “I am letting you know that we will do the right thing by our employee without a spokesperson. Your president keeps getting bolder and bolder with his nasty antics and disrespect. Enough is enough for this one board member.”
After the meeting, Schutten said the personal attack on him was unexpected.
“I think she went over the line,” he said, but added that after that Roberts’ outburst during the April 26 DeKalb delegation meeting, he wasn’t surprised.
“She attacked Leonardo at the Capitol,” Schutten said. “Zepora is going after every-body on the eduKalb board. But people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
Schutten said eduKalb’s goal is not to get rid of the School Board and that it
may well endorse some of the same board members who are up for re-election.
“Zepora is really, really threatened,” he said. “I don’t know why.”
McClarty said he did not take personal af-front to Roberts’ comment but that he could see how others might come to the conclusion that she attacked him.
“We are not trying to erase the School Board. First and foremost, we are stating a business interest as it relates to the school system.”
McClarty said that the Chamber is interested in the school system because of education’s overall impact on the work force and on businesses’ decision to stay, expand or relocate.
“We are offering a different lens,” he said. “It’s no different from a League of Women Voters or a PTA might do. It is not about try-ing to get rid of a certain group of people.”
McClarty said that there is obviously some misunderstanding about eduKalb’s role and that the group will have to address those concerns.
“I would say watch the group and get in-volved in the process. We want to have a fair and open process. This is not a witch hunt.”
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Runners and walkers of all ages will take to the streets of one of At-lanta’s oldest neighborhoods on May 22 for the annual geneRACEtion 10K Run and 2K Fun Run in Grant Park.
Participants will include Bernie Goldstein, 73, who will run the 10K.
“I don’t do marathons anymore at my age, but I still enjoy an occasional 10K race,” Goldstein said.
The fund-raiser benefits the non-profit groups Kate’s Club and Senior Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc. Kate’s empowers children and teens coping with the death of a parent or sibling. By creating friend-ships with kids and young adults who share the experience, it guides children through their grief journey in a comfortable, safe, and uplifting setting. For more information, visit www.katesclub.org.
Senior Citizen Services has been providing services since 1965 to en-able seniors to enjoy a high quality of life, maintaining their independence and dignity. Its programs include Meals on Wheels Atlanta, Home Re-pair Services, Vivian T. Minor Adult Day Care for Alzheimer’s/Dementia, eight Neighborhood Senior Centers, and CareShare. For more informa-tion, visit www.scsatl.org.
To register for the 10K or 2K Fun Run, visit www.geneRACEtion.org. The registration fee is $25. Online registration will be accepted until May 19.
Recycling event at Farmers MarketThe ABCs of composting and earth-
friendly gardening will be available on May 15 at “Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow” at the Decatur Farmers Market.
The 9 a.m. to noon event will include com-post lessons from DeKalb Master Gardeners. There will also be compost bin giveaways, $5 tree seedlings for sale, and a chance to make your own terrarium with compost.
The Decatur Farmers Market’s new year-round Saturday market is located on the cor-ner of Trinity and North McDonough streets in downtown Decatur. The grand opening of the new market includes vendors with locally grown produce, demonstration tables, and information on how to grow your vegetables using compost in your soil; the difference between mulch and compost; soil sampling; how to obtain, manage, and use an outdoor compost bin; and vermicomposting.
Free parking is available and the market is a short walk from the MARTA station and the Decatur Square. The event is co-hosted
by DeKalb County Natural Resource Man-agement Office, Keep DeKalb Beautiful and DeKalb Extension Service.
Residents can also get free mulch and com-post. Free mulch pickup sites include:n Seminole Citizen Convenience Center, DeKalb Seminole Road Landfill, 4203 Clev-emont Road, Ellenwood; 404-244-4893.n North Transfer Station, 4600 Buford High-way, Chamblee; 770-936-5433.Free compost pickup sites: n Parking lot of Tax Commissioner’s Office, Northern Avenue and Memorial Drive.n East Transfer Station, 1750 Rogers Lake Road, Lithonia; 770-484-3049. n North Transfer Station.
The DeKalb County Sanitation Division delivers compost for a fee of $75 for 10 cubic yard loads when available. Call 404-244-4984 to arrange for a delivery.
For more information, visit www.co.dekalb.ga.us/publicwrks/sanitation/index.html (Pro-cessing-Transfer Stations).
Seasoned athletes are heading to Panthers-ville Stadium on May 15 for track and field events in DeKalb County’s annual Senior Olympic Games, a competition for athletes 50 and older from DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties.
The games, which got under way on May 10, continue through May 20.
Each year, hundreds compete in Senior Olympic events held across DeKalb.
Finalists from this year’s Senior Olympics will qualify for the Georgia Golden Olympics State Games, which will be held in Warner Robins. State finalists will qualify for the Na-tional Senior Olympics to be held in Houston, Texas, in June.
Entrants participate in up to 42 “Olym-pic-style” athletic as well as noncompetitive events.
Competition is in five-year age groups starting at 50-54 and continuing to 100-plus unless otherwise noted in specific sports.
Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the top three finishers in each age group.
DeKalb County Senior Olympics’ purpose is to provide adults 50 and older an opportuni-ty to participate in a program that encourages more physical activities, promotes healthier lifestyles and health and wellness, and provides a unique opportunity for socialization through competitive activities.
Track and field events begin at 10 a.m.
today at Panthersville Stadium, 2817 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur, and are open to the public.
Upcoming events include:n Billiards on May 17 at 11:30 a.m. at Twains Billiards & Tap, 211 E. Trinity Place in down-town Decatur.n Checkers/dominoes/horseshoes on May 18 at 10 a.m. at the Bruce Street Senior Center, 2484 Bruce St. in Lithonia.
The closing banquet will be May 20 at 11:30 a.m. at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center, 3181 Rainbow Drive in Decatur.
For more information – including events, venues and times – call 404-371-2990 or visit www.yourdekalb.com/parks (Special Events).
Children in metro Atlanta’s homeless population will benefit from the Children’s Restoration Network’s first Sunset Celebra-tion 5K Run and Family Festival at 5 p.m. May 22 at Sanctuary Park in Alpharetta.
The event raises awareness and funds to help support the network’s educational programs for homeless children.
Race-day registration for the 5K race is $25 and $12 for the 1K fun run. All other festival activities are free.
The nonprofit Children’s Restoration Network focuses on the plight of homeless children. It has worked with 128 shelters and group homes in metro Atlanta in its 16-year history, serving more than 3,400 a year.
Sanctuary Park is at 1125 Sanctuary Parkway. For more information, to register or to volunteer, visit www.ChildRN.org or contact Ben Minor at [email protected] or 770-649-7117.
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New community garden grows urban gardeners and food
Members of the Parkview Civic Club are getting their hands dirty and helping to feed the hungry with a Community Edible Garden project.
The garden, created in partnership with Keep DeKalb Beautiful Inc. and Scotts Miracle-Gro., is located in DeKalb Memorial Park on Wilkinson Drive in Atlanta.
A portion of the produce will be do-nated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank through Plant a Row for the Hungry.
On May 4, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis; Commissioners Kathie Gannon and Larry Johnson; and Parkview Civic Club President Mary Reed joined officials from Scotts Miracle-Gro, Keep America Beautiful, Plant a Row, the Garden Writers Association, and Franklin Park Conservatory to dedicate the new garden.
During the dedication, Scotts Miracle-Gro also presented Keep DeKalb Beautiful Director Amber Weaver with a check for $10,000 to fund the project.
Ellis said the garden offers families the unique opportunity to work alongside friends and neighbors to improve the quality of life for all in the neighborhood.
“The support we received from Scotts Miracle-Gro and its partners demonstrates their commitment to eradicating many of the roadblocks to healthy living our citizens face
and promotes nutrition for our families and generations to come,” he said.
Students from the Martin Luther King Jr. High School Eco Force were recognized for their demonstrated leadership in envi-ronmental awareness and using gardening
Photos by Julie aNd david Fisher Dozens of adults and children planted vegetables in the community graden at the DeKalb Memorial Park in Atlanta. Volunteers will grow food for themselves and the Atlanta Food Bank.
to improve their school environment, public space, or community.
The DeKalb Memorial Community Gar-den joined “Give Back to Gro,” a national gardening program, with the reclamation of a parking lot and the planting of garden
plots. The garden will help area residents focus on giving back to the community by donating a portion of the garden harvest to address local hunger issues.
For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 404-371-2654.
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Atlanta’s hometown favorites, artists B.o.B and Travis Porter, along with interna-tional superstar Jay Sean will perform at the fourth annual “Meet the BEAT” concert on May 22 at the Mall at Stonecrest.
The free concert kicks off the mall’s sum-mer season. Fans of 95.5 The BEAT can get up close and personal with some of their favorite DJs, including Murph Dawg and CJ in the Morning, K-Dub, Maverick, Mami
Chula, Johnny D, Traci Steele, Mo Reilley and Adam. There will be an expanded Kids Zone featuring three different moon-walk stations, and adults can check out spon-sors that include Metro PCS and Georgia Perimeter College.
The Mall at Stonecrest is at 2929 Turner Hill Road in Lithonia. For more information, visit www.955thebeat.com or www.mallatstonecrest.com.
Senior citizens will be sharpening up their dance moves for the Senior Connec-tions’ second annual “Senior Prom” on May 22 at the Letitia Pate Evans Building at Agnes Scott College.
The “black-tie optional” affair includes a reception, silent auction and dinner program. The Usual Suspects, a 17-piece big band or-chestra, will top off the evening with dance music. Silent auction items include airline tickets and a Tuscan villa stay in Italy.
Proceeds raised from the 2010 “Senior Prom” will benefit Senior Connections’ home delivered meals, in-home care and home
repair programs, and operational expenses of the 37-year old organization that serves metro Atlanta’s elderly population.
The dinner, which begins at 7 p.m., will honor Elizabeth Wilson, Decatur’s first African-American mayor. She will receive Senior Connections’ “Community Con-nections” award for her years of outstand-ing civil rights work, government service and support of community endeavors, both privately and in the public sector.
Agnes Scott College is at 141 E. Col-lege Ave in Decatur. For information, visit www.srconn.org or call 770-455-7602.
The African film “The Return of Spade” will be screened May 22 at the Legacy Covington Square 8 movie theater in Litho-nia.
The movie, which is written and directed by filmmaker, lawyer, actor, and playwright Oliver Mbamara, is inspired by true life stories.
It depicts the inner workings of organizations and people who exploit young people from de-veloping countries, traffic them abroad and force them into human slave-labor and forced prosti-tution under the pretext of helping them make a better living abroad.
“The Return of Spade” is the second in the Spade Movie Series, hosted by African Event Productions. In the first, “The Last Assignment,” a Nigerian elite detective unit (SPDA) cracks an international syn-
dicate engaged in human trafficking, slave-labor, and forced prostitution.
In “The Return ff Spade,” the syndicate re-groups and launches an international offensive to continue its nefarious ac-tivities, but the unit’s best agent, Special Agent Spade, is forced to come out of retirement to stop the syndicate. What ensues is a mixture of international conspiracy, seduction, and a relentless pursuit from Nigeria through New York and Atlanta.
After its Lithonia screening, the movie will be screened in other cities before its general release. Space is limited for the private screening.
For complimentary tickets, email Cmbama-
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Food industry celebrities will show off their cooking skills at the inaugural South-west Atlanta Celebrity Cook-Off on May 16 at the Adamsville Recreation Center in Atlanta.
The 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. cook-off will fea-ture ten celebrity chefs, including Marvin Woods of The Food Network, and Jamika Pessoa, finalist on The Next Food Network Star, and Chef Donald Wilson with Landon’s Restaurant.
The event will also include healthy eat-ing cooking demonstrations, a restaurant row, a fashion show, and the kids’ corner
sponsored by Chick-fil-A and Home Depot. Guest will be entertained with live music from local and national artists and a dance presentation by the Axam Dance Theatre.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children, younger than 7 years. Proceeds benefit programs for the Adamsville Busi-ness and Community Partnership that offers recreation, mentoring, and youth programs. Adamsville Recreation Center is at 3201 Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta.
To participate in the cook-off, register www.abcpartnership.org/celeb-cookoff . For more information, call 678-651-0914.
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9ily traditions with New Afrikan scholars Dr. Akinyela and Aminata Umoja.
The final chapter of the series takes place on May 26 with a discus-sion of family celebra-tions that renew and rejuvenate. Presenters
Mehib Holmes and Okanona Ka Kalungu will explore the topic “The Afrikan Family Is Inspiring.” There also will be a celebration for pregnant families and families with infants through 3-year-olds.
The Wednesday series, which is hosted by the Center for Afrikan Biblical Studies, kicks off at 7 p.m. with drumming and liba-tion and an ancestral veneration through call-and-response.
First Afrikan is at 5197 Salem Road in Lithonia. For more information, visit first afrikanchurch.org or call 770-981-2601.
Wekesa and Afiya Madzimoyo will discuss family challenges at the May 19 edition of “Con-versations on Afrikan Spirit” at First Afrikan Presbyterian Church.
The couple, who own and operate the Decatur-based AYA Ed-ucational Institute, will help participants to learn how to handle, navigate and terminate some of the issues that they have been strug-gling with for years.
The presentation is part of the month-long series focusing on family traditions, family conflict management, and family celebrations at the Lithonia church.
It kicked off May 5 with a discussion of the Afrikan Family with Dr. James Young of Clark Atlanta University and Taliba Mbonisi of We Parent Inc.
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“Finding Hope Beyond Crisis,” a series of free workshops, will kick off May 16 at the Atlanta Belvedere Seventh-day Adventist Church in Decatur.
The series aims to help local residents find answers to their most pressing needs. The first program, at 11 a.m. on May 16, will include diabetic screening and counseling; dental, vision and blood pressure screening; BMI; and prescription and over-the-counter medication review performed by licensed nurses and pharmacists.
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Rainbow Park Baptist will be taking fellowship outside its walls with Community Worship Day on May 30.
Free food – including a cook-out – and music will be provided at the special event, which begins at 11 a.m. on the church’s Columbia Drive front lawn. The Evangelism Ministry is sponsoring the event, and Machelle Cadwell, a member of the ministry, says everyone is invited.
“There is so much love inside that we didn’t want to keep it to ourselves,” Cadwell said Thursday. “We want to share it with the community.”
The alfresco fellowship is the brainchild of the Rev. Steven N. Dial Sr., the church’s senior pastor.
Sandy Ferguson, the pastor’s assistant, said Dial has a heart for the community.
“He wanted to create an event that would welcome all ages and all backgrounds and provide a fun and exciting time of fellowship and worship with the community,” she said.
Dial, the first African-American pastor at Rainbow Park, is complet-ing his third year as senior pastor.
He said that sometimes the church has to go outside its walls.
“We wanted to do something on the outside so that people could see how loving and giving our spirit is,” Dial said. “Hav-ing the service, the music and the food and games outside – it’s a non-intimidating way to share a meal.”
Cadwell said the Evangelism Team’s mis-sion is to get into the community, to find those who are unchurched.
“We are especially trying to reach youth and younger adults in the community,” she said. “That age group – 14 to 25 – is at a
financial, mortgage and unemployment crises. The Good Will Career Center will offer leads for employment and review and upgrade resumes.
On May 23, there will be a Community Fun Day with games, food, a moon bounce, an egg and spoon race, relays, and music. It is free to all ages.
On May 30, there will be a free car clinic with certified mechanics who will perform an overall exam of your vehicles.
Activities on June 6 include a treasure hunt, yard sale and cookout.
The series features inspirational speak-ers, licensed counselors and social workers. Ayonna Johnson, director of legal services at the Women’s Resource Center, will speak on the domestic violence crisis, and Detective Jeffery Thomas will discuss ways to identify
gang influence and sex exploitation.Prayers, music and testimony will be
offered as well as free meals and refresh-ments.
The church is at 3567 Covington Highway. For more information, visit belvederesdachurch.org or call 404-935-3642 or 404-299-1359.
vulnerable time with the economy and social issues.”
Rainbow Park plans for the Community Worship Day to become an annual event, and it also is planning a block party for July.
Other outreach programs include the “Evangelism Blitz.”
Cadwell said members of the Evange-lism Team go out the first Saturday of every month and distribute Bible tracts and CDs on various sermons, reaching more than 300 households.
The team is paying particular attention to homes in ZIP code 30034 that surrounds the church.
“We want to let them know about Jesus Christ,” she said. “We want them to know they have a choice where they will spend eternity.”
Dial said members of the team get a warm reception in the commuity.
“We approach them in a non-threatening way – not condemning,” he said. “We are en-
couraging. We want to reach people, restore people.”
Rainbow Park also has a literacy program as well as a GED program.
“We are here and we’re willing to help,” Cadwell said, adding that the church has a food pantry and clothing closet for the needy.
Cadwell, who works in early childhood education, said she became a Rainbow Park member about a year and a half ago after seeing an ad for the Decatur church in CrossRoadsNews.
“I was looking for a church home,” she said. “I went in and there was such a wel-come. I have been here every since.”
The Evangelism Team’s mission is to find lost souls, she said.
“We are growing beyond our walls.”Rainbow Park Baptist Church is at 2941
Columbia Drive in Decatur. For more in-formation, call 404-288-1910 or visit www .rainbowparkbaptist.org.
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