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mann lost her executive assistant job.

In 2010, unable to keep up with her mortgage payments, she began to lose her home. Then she saw her friends lose their homes.

Last spring, as she teetered on the brink of homelessness herself, she turned to the 4th District congressman’s office for help.

“I will forever be grateful for [Johnson’s] office being over there and for me having the courage to go over there,” Zimmermann said. “I am here to say you don’t have to give up. If you want your home, you have to fight for it.”

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Gary Dalton, a member of the Saint Philip AME Male Usher Board loads a Thanksgiving box with turkey and other food items into the car of a recipient at the church on Nov. 17.

Hank Johnson

Thankful for Place To call homeJohnson helps Lithonia woman avoid foreclosure

After she installed hardwood floors in the dining room and made other upgrades to her home, Angela Zimmermann was not ready to give it up to foreclosure without a fight.

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The treasured Thanksgiving night tradition marks its 65th year with music, thousands of lights, and a spectacular fireworks finale at Lenox Square. 7

Lighting of Macy’s Great TreeHOLIDAY

Commis-sioner Larry Johnson’s annual gift-giving pro-gram for needy kids kicks off on Nov. 24 at the Gallery at South DeKalb. 5

That jolly old elf decked out in red and white is making his rounds at malls and attractions for wish lists, storytelling and photo ops. 9

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Community reaches out to the hungry, homeless

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By Donna Williams Lewis

Last Thanksgiving, Angela Zimmermann did not have the regular Thanksgiving meal. There was no turkey, dressing or trimmings for her.

On her plate was just a heap of worries.Foreclosure notices were coming nonstop

to her Lithonia home and she couldn’t afford to visit her children in Seattle.

“I remember just eating a sandwich, going through paperwork, and doing some cleaning around the house,” she said. “I never knew from one day to the next if I was going to have to pick up and leave.”

Thanksgiving 2012 is an entirely differ-ent story.

Zimmermann’s nearly three-year battle for her home in the Idlewood Crossing subdivision off Browns Mill Road ended last month.

After a little intervention from U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s office, Zimmermann’s mort-gage loan was modified in May through the National Mortgage Settlement, a historic $25 billion joint state-federal settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicer, announced last February.

Zimmermann’s $156,000 loan has been slashed to $57,000, the current value of her home. Her monthly mortgage payment is now $550, down from $1,200.

This Thanksgiving, Zimmermann won’t be eating alone.

For the national holiday on Nov. 22, she is having over seven friends, including some who lost their homes but are thankful that she was able to hold onto hers.

On the menu are turkey and mashed potatoes, balsamic green beans and lobster bisque.

“This year, I feel like I can really cel-

ebrate,” she said last week. “I have my job. I have my health. I have my family and friends, and I still have my roof over my head.”

Zimmermann’s Lithonia house was only 2 years old when she bought it in 2004, but she immediately got busy tearing it up to put her personal stamp on it.

She installed hardwood floors and re-placed linoleum with tile. She built a kitchen island and replaced sinks, lighting, cabinet tops and appliances.

Zimmermann did much of this work with her own hands, transforming her house into her home. She envisioned spending the rest of her days there and one day passing it on to her daughters.

And then the recession happened.In 2009, as the economy tanked, Zimmer-

In appropriate cases, Johnson sends let-ters on behalf of his constituents to the con-gressional liaisons in the president’s office of mortgage lending institutions.

This is what happened in Zimmermann’s case.

Betty Dixon, Johnson’s housing constitu-ent services representative, said they are as happy as Zimmermann that they were able to help.

“We need to make sure others are aware that there is help,” Dixon said. “Let your neighbors and friends know because a lot of people suffer in silence. If people reached out for help two years ago and were declined, maybe there’s a new program that can help

By Donna Williams Lewis and Stormy Kage

It’s the season of thanks and looking out for others – those struggling with putting dinner on the table, those without roofs over their heads, and our seniors who live alone.

As a tradition across South DeKalb, in-dividuals, groups, businesses and churches are stepping up to touch someone for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The holiday angels range from Hosea’s Feed the Hungry and Homeless, which has been providing Thanksgiving dinners for 43 years, to Blessings on Wheels volunteers who loaded their cars and trucks with hot food and went hunting for the hungry and

homeless on the streets of Atlanta, to Saint Philip AME Church Women’s Missionary So-ciety who distributed 196 boxes loaded with turkey and trimmings to families in need, to students of Columbia High School in Deca-tur who toiled over huge pots of green beans and trays of mac ’n’ cheese last week to feed up to 500 families from shelters.

Anna Sutton, who chairs the Saint Philip AME Thanksgiving Basket committee, said the need is great.

“This is the holiday and people are hun-gry,” she said.

Sutton said that they have been seeing a new type of hungry people.

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Deals for bargain hunters start on Thanksgiving nightBy Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Bargain hunters setting out for the annual Black Friday deals hunt may want to start out on Thanksgiving Day.

Retailers like Walmart, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Target will be unveiling many of their specials right after most families are done cleaning up after their Thanksgiving dinner. Walmart’s sales start at 8 p.m. and the others at midnight.

Henry Greene, manager of the Walmart on Memorial Drive, said they are starting earlier because they listened to customers.

“In every survey we did, customers said they don’t want to wait for Friday,” he said. “They tell us they want the specials on Thursday. They say that after they eat, they sit around bored and that they want to shop.”

The earlier start to the shopping sea-son, large amounts of layaways, declining unemployment, and increasing consumer confidence are all expected to boost sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. In October, Georgia’s unemployment rate declined to 8.6 percent. Last year this time it was 9.7 percent.

Greg Clark, manager of the Walmart on Fairington Road, has high hopes for Black Friday, which launches the season when re-tailers traditionally go into the black for the year. In the four weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, most retailers amass a third of their sales for the year.

“This holiday season is going to be very, very big,” Clark predicts.

He is already seeing an uptick in sales.Starting last week, sales at his Lithonia

store have increased 10 percent. Clark said customers also have put more than $400,000 worth of items on layaway.

“As they come in to redeem them, it will

add to sales,” he said.On Thanksgiving Day, all area Walmart

stores will stay open 24 hours and all will host three different sales events – at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Nov. 22, and at 5 a.m. on Friday.

Store managers said there will be no crowds lined up outside and no doors to open because they aren’t closing.

The Memorial Drive and Gresham Wal-marts, which usually close at midnight, will

stay open 24 hours.“There will be no opening of the doors,

and no shoving,” Greene. “You will already be in the store shopping when the sales start.”

The managers say they are ready for the bargain hunters, who can start queuing up for the hot items – iPads, iPods, laptops, flat screen televisions – three hours before the sale starts. Those who are in line are guar-anteed to get the items they want that night

or before Christmas.Walmart specials are already posted by

stores at www.walmart.com with maps of each store showing where in the store the sales items are located.

Clark said they will have plenty of sup-plies and the best prices. “Our prices are guaranteed,” he said. “Our customers don’t have to go anywhere else because we have everything they need.”

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“I opened it up and I just literally screamed. At the top, it said you have been approved for a loan modification and principal reduction.”

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them.”In the past four years, the 4th District’s office

has opened more than 500 housing cases and has provided advice and referrals to more than 900 additional people during that time.

But Dixon made it clear that Johnson’s office does not negotiate loan modifications.

She said that Housing and Urban Develop-ment-approved counseling agencies negotiate loan modifications but that they reach out to lenders on behalf of constituents.

“If the lender does not respond in a timely manner or if they made a decision to not approve someone for modification and the constituent believes they’re eligible for it, we can then request that the lender reconsider the decision.”

Zimmermann is one of two people that Johnson’s office has been able to help get a loan reduction since the rollout of the Na-tional Mortgage Settlement Program with Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo.

“Everybody won’t be eligible for a principal reduction,” Dixon said, “but we try to put people in contact with the appropriate agencies to evaluate their situations so that they can stay in their homes. That’s the congressman’s goal.”

Dixon said homeowners often wait until the last minute to ask for help.

“At the point we hear from them, most of them are at the point of going into foreclosure,” she said. “About 75 percent of them have already received foreclosure notices.”

Dixon said they have had a 90 percent suc-cess rate in getting the foreclosure postponed and in getting the lender to take a look at the file again.

Zimmermann, 55, grew up in Michigan and modeled in Germany for 20 years before return-ing to America in 1996.

She wanted to be closer to her two daugh-ters and their families and was hired to work as a translator during the Centennial Olympic Games.

She was working as assistant to the president of a German sewing machine company in Nor-cross when the company folded in 2009 and she

Where you can go for help:For loan modifications and refinance

options, borrowers may be contacted directly by one of the five participating lenders below.

If you need additional information, you may contact the banks directly:n Ally/GMAC: 1-800-766-4622n Bank of America: 1-877-488-7814n Citi: 1-866-272-4749n JP Morgan Chase: 1-866-372-6901n Wells Fargo: 1-800-288-3212

National Mortgage SettlementFor borrowers who lost their home to

foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2011, and whose loans were serviced by one of the five participating mortgage servicers, the National Mortgage Settlement administrator mailed notice letters and claim forms through early October.

The deadline to make your claim is Jan. 18, 2013.

If you believe you are eligible for relief but did not receive a claim form, visit:

www.usmortgagemodificationprograms.org, or call 1-866-430-8358.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson OfficeFor help with additional questions about

where distressed homeowners can turn for help:

Local office: 5700 Hillandale Drive, Suite 120, Lithonia, GA 30058Phone: 770-987-2291Fax: 770-987-8721Web: www.hankjohnson.house.gov

lost the job she’d held for five years.Her unemployment check helped her sur-

vive while she was forced to drain the savings in her 401(k).

“If it wasn’t for the extensions on all of the unemployment, I would have literally been out on the street,” Zimmermann said.

She got a Pell Grant to go to medical as-sistant school in 2010 and landed a job with a Massachusetts-based lab that does urinalysis

testing in 2011.But the threat of homelessness was a con-

stant reality.“They kept sending foreclosure notices and

I continued to send out paperwork,” she said. “But it was over and over again asking for the same documents, and even though I kept send-ing them, they kept denying it. I cried, I prayed, and I had to file bankruptcy. It embarrassed me. It made me angry, but it made me fight for my house.”

Zimmermann said she went to everyone she could think of for help, including the HUD-certified Greenforest Community Development Corp. that is a ministry of Greenforest Com-munity Baptist Church.

“It was good to have them fighting for me,” Zimmermann said. “They kept me sane.”

Despite the agency’s assistance, Zimmer-mann still found herself getting nowhere with her mortgage company.

“The straw that broke the camel’s back was that the last time I sent paperwork, I called day and night and no one was returning my phone calls. I said, ‘That’s it. I’m not going down this route anymore.’ … You have taken my dignity, but you will not take my house.”

One day last March, she rang the buzzer at Johnson’s Hillandale Drive office in Lithonia and asked for Dixon.

Two days later, she returned with all the doc-uments they requested, and within 24 hours, the congressman had sent a letter to her lender.

“I got a call from the president’s office of the Bank of America,” said Zimmermann, who was on her way home from work. “I almost had a wreck. I had to literally pull over because I was shaking.”

Two days later, Zimmermann received a let-ter from the bank’s president promising to do everything possible to get her loan modified.

In May, she was given three months to make timely monthly payments, and two weeks after that third payment, Zimmermann came home Oct. 9 to a FedEx package at her door.

“I opened it up and I just literally screamed,” she said. “At the top, it said you have been ap-proved for a loan modification and principal reduction.”

She wept with joy, and relief.

After downing turkey and the trimmings on Thanksgiving Day, families can head out to the Vil-lage of Stone Mountain Christmas Parade and tree lighting.

The festivities kick off at 4 p.m. on Nov. 22. There will be pony rides, marshmallow roasting and a letter-writing station for let-ters to Santa. The parade starts at 6 p.m. and includes bagpipers, the amphibious duck from Stone Mountain Park, classic cars and motorcycles, and elves.

The parade down Main Street will herald the arrival of Santa. He will flip the switch to light the tree. The event culminates with a fire-works extravaganza at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, visit stonemountainvillage.com or call 770-498-7334.

Caroling and treatsOn Nov. 29, caroling, treats and

Santa will help light the Little Shop of Stories Christmas tree at 133-A East Court Square in downtown Decatur at 7 p.m.

For more information, go to

www.visitdecaturgeorgia.com or call 404-373-6300.

Christmas tree lightingsCarolers from Avondale First

Baptist Church will sing seasonal songs at the city of Avondale Es-tates’ annual Christmas tree light-ing on Dec. 3.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Clarendon Av-enue and South Avondale Road.

Boy Scout Troop 6 will serve hot chocolate and cookies, and there also will be doughnuts and cider.

After the tree lighting, Santa will make an appearance to officially ring in the Christmas season.

On Dec. 8, the city will host the 16th annual Lake Tree Lighting at 6 p.m.

The Mayor’s Motorcade to provide Christmas gifts to patients at Georgia Regional Mental Health Hospital takes place on Dec. 3. Res-idents can donate unwrapped gifts and money at City Hall through Dec. 3. For more information, visit avondaleestates.org or call 404-294-5400.

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The holiday season can be particularly difficult for seniors who suffer from depression. Families can sign up for visits with the seniors.


The Tree of Love program has helped 7,000 children since it was created by Commissioner Larry Johnson in 1999. This year’s program kicks off on Nov. 24 at the Gallery at South DeKalb.

Holiday“We may bring a hot meal, snack or dessert, and we also

offer a listening ear and companionship. ”

Free home visits to assess local seniors’ needs

Tree of Love seeks gift donors, performersThe names of 500 children who need

holiday gifts will be up for grabs on Nov. 24 when the 14th annual Tree of Love program kicks off at noon at the Gallery at South DeKalb mall.

The program provides toys and gifts to foster children and those from single-parent, low-income households.

Individuals, community groups, business owners and churches can pick a child’s name and fill their requests and return with the gifts on Dec. 15 for the an-nual Tree of Love Christmas Program.

Since Commissioner Larry Johnson created the Tree of Love program in 1999, it has helped more than 7,000 children get Christmas presents.

Johnson, who represents District 3, said the holiday season is a great time for people to give back to the community and help someone in need.

“This is what Christmas is all about – helping and giving to others,” Johnson said.

Individuals and groups interested in showcasing their talents and participat-ing in the Christmas program can call 404-964-4936.

The Gallery at South DeKalb is at 2801 Candler Road in Decatur.

Seniors who may be feeling a little lonely this holiday season may see a friendly face through the Home Visit Program.

The free service, which launched in 2009, is operated by senior care professionals at Emeritus at Decatur, a division of Seattle-based Emeritus Senior Living, the nation’s largest memory care and assisted living provider.

It says it is expanding its Home Visit Pro-gram at this time because the approaching holidays bring a greater risk of depression among seniors.

Rachel Kohl, Emeritus at Decatur’s re-gional operations director, says that about 20 percent of seniors suffer from full-scale depression or a less severe form of the con-dition and that the holiday season can be particularly difficult.

“Memories of happier holidays earlier in life can trigger depression,” she said. “The loss of a spouse or close friends, physical distance from family, diminished physical capacity and health may be felt more keenly at this time.”

Because most seniors know little about depression, Kohl said they are unlikely to seek professional help for it.

“Still, depression can cause them to eat less, turn to alcohol, stop taking care of their daily needs and even consider suicide,” she said. “Knowing this, we felt it would be very important to expand the Home Visit Pro-gram during this season.”

Last year, the Home Visit Program made 138 home visits over the holidays and Kohl says they know that the need is great.

“We encourage the public to contact us. We seek to make the program more easily accessible to a greater number of people.”

Families who have seniors they are unable to visit during the holidays can call 404-299-6600 to request a visit to a local senior.

Kohl said that this is a significant step for the initiative, which has primarily operated through referrals from agencies and emer-gency services providers.

Through the Home Visit Program, fam-ily members can arrange for an Emeritus at Decatur expert to go to the home of an elderly loved one to see if he or she is doing well physically and psychologically.

If appropriate, a nurse conducts an evalu-ation to help identify care needs. Emeritus then connects the senior and family with the proper resources and services to provide assistance.

Kohl says the visits include a range of services.

“We may bring a hot meal, snack or des-sert, and we also offer a listening ear and companionship. Afterward, if needed, we coordinate between families and community resources or we make recommendations.”

She said they also may follow up with ad-ditional visits, as requested by the family.

Emeritus at Decatur, located at 475 Irvin Court in Decatur, provides care for adults with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other memory-impairing diseases through its Join Their Journey program. For more informa-tion, visit www.Emeritus.com.


6“These are people who lost their jobs,

those who are not making enough to feed their families,” she said.

This the second year that the church’s Nettie Lewis Moore Women’s Missionary Society has joined with its Food Pantry and Men’s Usher Board to distribute the baskets.

Elisabeth Omilami, HFTH’s CEO, said her organization stands in the gap for those individuals and families who would other-wise have nothing to celebrate.

“While the holiday season is filled with lots of joy and cheer for so many Americans, for just as many more it is a time of lost hope and despair,” she said.

The good news this year is that the price of the nation’s most anticipated meal of the year is barely up from a year ago.

The American Farm Bureau Federation says preparing a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people – a 16-pound turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie and other basic trimmings – is $49.48, up 28 cents or less than one percent after a 13 percent jump in 2011.

Still, putting a big holiday dinner on the table will be tough for many people strug-gling in this economy, as Blessings on Wheels founder Stephanie Rockmore knows well.

On Nov. 14, Rockmore’s group deliv-ered meals, blankets, clothing and personal articles to about 100 people living under bridges and roaming from church steps to park benches in downtown Atlanta.

“There are still people out there who won’t be having all the décor and the table trimmings of Thanksgiving in a warm envi-

ronment such as a home,” she said.

Last Wednesday’s trip was Blessings on Wheels’ fourth year of making monthly trips helping the homeless. Twenty volun-teers distributed pans of baked chicken with gravy and dressing, cranberry

sauce, mashed potatoes, corn, beans and dessert to those in need.

One of downtown Atlanta’s bridges over I-75/I-85 is always on their route.

“It’s almost like a little world under there,” she said. “There are people with tents, dogs and cats. They have to live somewhere.”

As the caravan moved along, volunteers leap into action when they saw a homeless person.

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Nonprofits seek donations, volunteers to help needy

Traditional feast ushers in season of giving to disadvantagedColumbia High School culinary arts teacher Brenda McDonald (left) helps Tameria Richmond prepare green beans for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner.

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“We pull over and pull out a table,” Rockmore said. “When we spread the table, they come. They adore coffee. It helps them keep warm.”

Rockmore said the recipients unwittingly give back to their benefactors.

“Their spirits lift me,” she said. “So many people take life for granted... Sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zones to real-ize we are really blessed.”

Fairfield Baptist Church in Lithonia is doing something new for Thanksgiving this year. The church is partnering with nine other area churches for “A Day of Thanks and Giving.”

Two hundred pre-registered families will dine on turkey and all the trimmings after the joint Nov. 22 worship service at Fairfield. They also will get clothing, grooming ser-vices, personal hygiene items, school supplies and nonperishable foods.

On Nov. 17, the Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program and Veterans of Foreign War Post 4706 blessed 55 families with Thanksgiving goodies.

The Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program served Thanksgiving dinner to 30 DeKalb families impacted by domestic violence with the help of This Is It BBQ and Seafood on Panola Road in Lithonia and Empowering Success Today Inc.

The second annual Thanksgiving dinner was part of the outreach program founded by Roderick Cunningham in honor of his mother, Beverly, who was shot to death by her husband and his stepfather in their De-catur home on Oct. 27, 2009.

The VFW on Covington Highway is giving away 25 turkey-dinner boxes to pre-selected needy families on Nov. 17. The boxes were packed with fresh turkeys, corn bread mix, canned greens, green beans, cranberry

sauce, dressing, instant mashed potatoes, canned yams and rolls and gift cards.

Last Saturday, four Memorial Drive churches – St. Timothy United Methodist, Memorial Drive Presbyterian, Rock of Ages Lutheran and the Rest Stop Church – in Stone Mountain pooled their resources for a community Thanksgiving potluck dinner.

George Tatro, pastor of the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, said the Thanks-giving dinner was an extension of their joint ministry, which distributes lunches to about 70 people every weekday at Rock of Ages.

“We were thinking about our neighbors in the community and wanted to share of our abundance with people who may not have as much,” Tatro said.

The evening included music, worship, and time for people to talk about what they are thankful for, he said.

For the sixth consecutive year, Columbia High School culinary arts students fed up to 500 people a Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday.

Ervin Reeder, nutrition manager at the Decatur school, said that every year, a lot of people look forward to working on the din-ner. About 100 students prepared the meal of turkey, ham, and macaroni and cheese and served individuals and families from area homeless shelters. The school’s band, choir and cheerleaders performed for the diners.

Angela Jackson of Stone Mountain, who was released from the hospital on Nov. 14 after a heart attack, was among the diners in the school’s cafeteria on Nov. 17. She and her two sons get food stamps but its not enough to go aroud.

“It’s a blessing and a nice gesture,” she said. “I appreciate.”

Tameka Pitts was happy to get the basket from Saint Philip church. She said it will help her provide a nice Thanksgiving dinner for her three kids, ages one to 13.

“Its a real big help,” said Pitts who works in a daycare center and have difficulty stretching her small pay check to cover all her family’s needs.

She has never cooked a turkey before, she said she is going to try this year.

On Nov. 22, hundreds of volunteers will serve dinners to thousands at the 43rd annual Hosea Feed the Hungry and Home-less Thanksgiving Day Dinner at the Georgia World Congress Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Hot showers, clothing, barber and salon services, medical care, legal aid and employ-ment services also will be available for the homeless.

n Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless will be serving Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22, Christmas dinner on Dec. 25, and King Day dinner on Jan. 21.

It needs No. 10 cans of vegetables and volunteers to prepare, set up and break down for the dinners. Donations of cash and goods also are welcomed.

To register or get more information, visit www.4hosea.org or call 404-755-3353.n Blessings on Wheels needs volunteers and donations for its monthly program feeding the homeless in Atlanta. For more information, contact Keischa Stillwell Robinson at [email protected] or 404-934-4743.n The Beverly Cunningham Outreach Program supports families impacted by domestic violence. To donate to its ongoing programs, visit bcop.org, e-mail roderick [email protected], or call 404-771-2247.n VFW Post 4706, 5362 Covington Highway, donates Thanksgiving food boxes to needy families. It also operates a daily food pantry. For more information, call Betty Turner at 678-523-3598. n The Memorial Drive churches distribute lunches to about 70 people every weekday at Rock of Ages Lutheran Church. Call 404-292-8212 or 404-292-5969.


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More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the 7-to-8 p.m. event, and another 500,000 will watch the live broadcast on WSB-TV.

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Vocalists Trace Adkins (from left), Chris Mann and Cymphonique Miller will perform at the 65th annual lighting of the Macy’s Great Tree on Thanksgiving.

Country music star Trace Adkins will add a lyrical twang to the 65th annual lighting of the Macy’s Great Tree at Lenox Square on Thanksgiving night.

The multiplatinum artist is one three performers headlining the lighting of the 60-foot white pine from Mableton. On the show with him are vocalist Chris Mann and Nickelodeon star and recording artist Cym-phonique Miller.

The Macy’s All-Star Holiday Choir of sib-lings, couples and multigenerational families singing and sharing their favorite holiday songs and the Macy’s All-Star Cheer Squad of 10- to 17-year-old young ladies from Marietta-based Sting Rays Competitive Cheer Gym will round out the performers at the event.

More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the 7-to-8 p.m. event, and another 500,000 will watch the live broadcast on WSB-TV, which will be hosted by news an-chor Jovita Moore and meteorologist David Chandley.

The 35-year-old tree weighs 14,000 pounds and will have 8.2 miles of circuit wiring throughout to keep all of the lights bright.

It will be decorated with 1,200 multicol-ored metallic basketball-sized ornaments, 100 Macy’s stars, 100 white snowflakes, 50 flashing strobe lights, 400 internally lit or-naments, 4,000 11-watt bulbs, and a color-changing Macy’s star.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta patients Millie Baldwin and Myles Horton from the Aflac Cancer Center will help Santa “flip the switch” to light the tree.

A pre-show concert featuring behind-the-scenes interviews and performances by the evening’s entertainers begins at 6:15 p.m.

Michael Krauter, Macy’s president and

regional director of stores, said the annual Macy’s Great Tree Lighting once again will bring the holiday spirit to Atlanta with a talented choir, All-star Cheer Squad and the magical message of the season.

“For over six decades, the Macy’s Great Tree Lighting has created a much anticipated

magical experience for the city of Atlanta on Thanksgiving night,” he said.

Adkins, an oil rigger-turned-country star, is a mem-ber of the Grand Ole Opry and author of “A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions From a Freethinking Rough-neck.”

He has charmed audiences as a finalist on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice,” and next month he will be co-host of “The American Country Music Awards” on Fox for the third consecutive year.

His “Honky Tonk Badon-kadonk” was voted the No. 2 Video of the Decade by CMT.

He is currently preparing his 11th studio album, which will feature the new American anthem, “Tough People Do.”

Mann, who was a 2011 finalist on the NBC reality show “The Voice,” has gone from Christina Aguilera’s team to signing to Faircraft/Universal Republic, a new label formed by renowned producer/music execu-

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“Roads,” that boasts a wildly eclectic assort-ment of songs, ranging from Willie Nelson’s “Always on My Mind” and Lady Antebel-lum’s “Need You Now” to “Ave Maria” and Damien Rice’s “The Blowers’ Daughter” that features a special guest appearance from coach Aguilera.

Cymphonique, who currently stars on her own Nickelodeon show, “How to Rock,” sings, dances and writes songs.

The series premiered in February and quickly amassed a teen audience of 3.3 mil-lion viewers.

Last year at 14, Cymphonique was nomi-nated for BET’s best hip-hop female artist for her song “All That.”

The daughter of Percy Miller, aka Master P, recently wrapped up a 2012 summer tour with her group, the Fabulous Girls, where they opened for her brother, Lil Romeo.

The Macy’s tree lighting celebration at the Lenox Square mall will be capped off with a fantastic fireworks finale set to holiday music.

Parking is limited, and families are en-couraged to use MARTA.


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The 2012 honorees are Dr. Henrie Treadwell of Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. M. Christopher Griffith of Kaiser Permanente, and chef Kenley and Myra Waller of Kenley’s Restaurant.

The evening of recognition, dinner and live entertainment, which begins at 7, will feature Dr. Yasmin Tyler Hill, interim chair of pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine, as keynote speaker. Three Atlanta Public Schools seniors will be awarded $500 book scholarships.

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“Christmas Wishes,” a story of yuletide wonder, will be onstage Dec. 6-23 at the ART Station Theatre in Stone Mountain.

The holiday show features the story of five strangers who are stranded in a small-town diner on a blustery Christmas Eve.

While waiting for miracles, they discover that they have more in common than they could ever have imagined.

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and lyrics by Charles Corritore. “There Is Nothing Like a Christmas Song” and “Wishes Can Come True on Christmas Eve” are two of the original songs and the sentiment of the story.

Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $21 for seniors and students.

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North DeKalb and Unique Castle are co-hosting the 5-to-7 p.m. signing. Viewing of Blackshear’s art collec-tion will begin at 4 p.m.

The illustrator, painter and sculptor, who was raised in Atlanta, is best known for his emotionally power-ful work celebrating African-American and Christian themes. His widely collected work has been showcased at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and his original painting of Pope John Paul II was unveiled at the Vatican.

In 1995, he introduced Ebony Visions, the first high-end line of collectible figurines reflecting the unique interests of the African-American community.

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Blackshear has been featured on “The 700 Club” and “Ebony/Jet Showcase” and in The Saturday Evening Post.

He is a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago and has created works for Disney, Coca-Cola, National Geographic, the U.S. Postal Service and Uni-versal Studios.

He will sign items purchased at the event, and com-plimentary photos with the artist will be available on-site with purchase of any Blackshear item.

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Ticket prices start at $25 and proceeds benefit the Live Healthy & Thrive Youth Foundation, which fosters and promotes children’s health by fighting childhood obesity, diabetes and hypertension.

The Clarkston Community Center is at 3701 College Ave. in Clarkston. For more information and tickets, visit http://2012pinnacleawardsgala.eventbrite.com or www.live healthyandthriveyouth.org.

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The Santas will be in residence daily until Christmas Eve. Families can start lining up for their annual photos with St. Nick.

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It will be hosted by WSB traffic reporter Capt. Herb Emory.

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MSRP $38,834 - $3500 Factory Rebate - $6500 Malcolm Cunningham Discount = SALE PRICE

$28,834STK#128172

MALCOLM CUNNINGHAM FORD

4C (10.5”) ×

16” 36218-MC

AQ

(11-24) Crossroad

s FC (gc)

Prices plus tax, tag, and title. All offers with approved credit. Offers expire 11/25/2012.

www.Malco lmCunninghamAutoGal lery .com

I-20, Exit Wesley ChapelTo Snapfinger Woods Drive(770) 987-9000

Sales Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-8pm • Closed Sunday

$21,995

Family Fun,Smooth Ride,Looks GreatSTK#A3076

2009 TOYOTAVENZA

$17,995

Navigation,Sporty,

Mid Size LuxurySTK#A3061

2007 INFINTIM35

$18,995

Great Look,Luxury,

Low PriceSTK#A3081

2009 MERCEDES-BENZC300W

$25,995

Sporty,This Is AMust See

STK#A3077

2009 MERCEDES-BENZE-350

A Division of Malcolm Cunningham Ford

YOUR FIRST, LAST AND ONLY STOP!WE NOW RENT 678.502.2005

2011 TOYOTA COROLLA Auto, Gas Saver, Low Payment, Low Price, STK#A3069 $11,9952006 MERCEDES-BENZ C230 Leather, Roof, Very Clean, STK#A3135 .......... $12,9952011 NISSAN SENTRA Gas & Pocket Saver! STK#A3102 ................................ $12,9952008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI Leather, Sunroof & More! STK#A3105 ......... $14,9952007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE People Mover, Low Price, STK#A3150 ................... $14,9952009 HONDA ACCORD EX COUPE Sporty, Low Miles, Leather & More! STK#A3111 $16,9952007 CADILLAC STS Leather, Sunroof, Nice, STK#A3149 ................................ $17,9952009 HONDA ACCORD EX SEDAN Leather, Sunroof, Nice, STK#A3094 .........$18,9952011 FORD ESCAPE Limited Certified 100k Warranty, STK#A3128 ..................$18,9952011 CHEVROLET CAMARO Ready For Your Garage, STK#A3087...................$19,9952012 FORD TAURUS SEL Like New and Road Ready! STK#A3085 .................. $21,9952007 AUDI Q7 Family Ready, DVD, Leather, Sunroof, STK#A3083 .................... $21,9952009 CADILLAC CTS This Is A Must See! STK#A3148 .................................. $22,9952010 ACURA TL Luxury At It’s Best, STK#A3112 ............................................ $23,9952009 VOLVO XC70 Safety First, Luxury Ready, STK#A3131 ........................... $23,9952008 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LTD Navigation, Rear Entertainment & More! STK#A3130 $24,9952007 MERCEDES-BENZ GL450 Navigation, Rear Entertainment, Road Ready, STK#A3147 $25,995

WE CANHELP!!!

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FREE TIREROTATIONNO PURCHASE NECESSARY!

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www.MalcolmCunninghamFord.com770.621.02005675 Peachtree

Industrial Blvd

Plus tax, tag, and title with approved credit. Includes all factory rebates. See dealer for complete details. Expires 11/25/2012.

$15,995

Mac Daddy,Big Boy Or Girl

Ride, 22” WheelsSTK#A3072

2010 DODGECHARGER

www.malcolmcunninghamlincoln.com770.621.02005675 Peachtree

Industrial Blvd

39 month leases, 10,500 miles allowed per year, 20¢ per mile thereafter. Plus tax, tag, and title. First month’s payment up to $550 paid by Lincoln. With approved credit. Offers expire 11/25/2012.

Advanced Intelligence Comes Standard

Brand New 2013 Lincoln MKX FWD

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Brand New 2013 Lincoln MKS FWD

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DOWN PAYMENT

$0 FIRST MONTH’S PAYMENT

$0 CASH DUE AT SIGNING

$0

$479YOURCHOICE LEASE FOR

PER MONTH

$20,995

2008 LEXUSES 350

SmoothLuxury Ride,

Low PriceSTK#A3026

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Get Amazing Deals During Our…

THIS FRIDAY

ONLY!6 AM - 9 PM

$22,995Like New, Only 25K Miles, Sporty! STK#A3020

2009 BMW328 Xi

ALL NEW 2012 FORD

F-150 CREW CAB XLTECO BOOST!

MSRP .......................................... $19,594Factory Rebate ..............................-$2395Malcolm Cunningham Discount ......-$3340

$13,859

STK#134503

ALL NEW 2013 FORD

FOCUS

SALEPRICE


$19,988

STK#131018

ALL NEW 2013 FORD

FUSION SE

SALEPRICE


$19,988

STK#139810

ALL NEW 2013 FORD

ESCAPE

SALEPRICE


$23,688

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ALL NEW 2013 FORD

C-MAX

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