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the DeKalb FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2017 VOL. 21, NO. 24 FREE
Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Stone Mountain, Stonecrest and Tucker A PUBLICATION OF ACE III COMMUNICATIONS
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23will focus on Chamblees growth and
changes, Clarkson said, and incorporate
Volunteers at any skill level are needed
to complete the improvements. Those with
topics discussed at Chamblees State painting, landscaping or construction skills
of the City presentation. Topics include are encouraged to participate.
City to host 5K race public works, new construction, parks and Event organizers are also accepting
recreation. paint and painting equipment, landscaping
Its critical that we come together to tools, food and water as in-kind donations.
Brookhaven Parks and Recreation will discuss current topics of interest, Clarkson Corporate donations, which will go toward
host its second annual It Starts in the said. There is a lot happening in the city, extra improvements such as benches
Parks 5K race on July 22 at Blackburn and I want to update the residents as well and landscaping supplies, are also being
Park at 7:30 a.m. T-shirts and awards for as talk about the successes weve had. sought.
various categories will be presented at 8:30 The July 26 meeting will take place at For more information and to register as
a.m. The park is located at 3493 Ashford St. Pious X Catholic High School located at an event volunteer, visit https://gucu.org/
Dunwoody Road. For more information or 2674 Johnson Road NE. about-us/community-development/school-
to register, call (404) 637-0512. The Aug. 9 meeting will take place at crashers.
Keswick Parks community building located
at 3496 Keswick Drive.
CLARKSTON The final meeting on Aug. 23 will take
place at the Chamblee Civic Center located LITHONIA
at 3540 Broad Street.
Free medical interpretation training All meetings will begin at 7 p.m. For Jobs bus coming to Lithonia library
more information, call (770) 986-5010 or
offered visit www.chambleega.gov. The Mobile Career Center, also called
Bilingual or multiple-language speaking the Jobs Bus, will be at the Lithonia-
COUNTYWIDE
persons are encouraged to earn a free Davidson Library July 19 from 10 a.m.
certification in medical interpretation to 4 p.m. The bus includes 13 computer
courtesy of Clarkston Community Health stations and high-speed satellite internet
Center (CCHC) and Emory University. connection. The center will provide
CCHC and Emory Institute for Lifeline offering fee-waived residents with essential services, including
job search assistance, resume writing and
Healthcare Improvement are offering a free
medical interpreter training coursevalued adoptions interviewing tips. The library is located at
at approximately $1,000to help non- 6821 Church Street.
English speaking patients understand their LifeLine Animal Project is offering
potential pet owners or current pet owners
medical care.
a special promotion. Until July 31, animal City to host home buying seminar
The six-week training course will require
seven to eight hours of work per week. lovers can adopt any pet from LifeLines
shelter in Decatur and the adoption fee Lithonia, in partnership with realtor
Currently, CCHC is looking for participants Amelia Inman and lender Lattice
fluent in Somali, Amharic, Nepali or will be waived. This promotion applies to
all pets at all LifeLine Shelters, including Hardwick, will host a home buying seminar
Burmese in addition to English. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the community
The course is open to 15 participants. DeKalb County Animal Services (DCAS),
the LifeLine Dog House & Kitty Motel and center. The seminar is part of the citys
Upon completion, participants will be efforts to increase home ownership within
required to offer services during CCHCs the LifeLine Cat Adoption Center.
Adopters will receive a dog or cat that the city. The community center is located
Sunday clinics at least twice a month from at 6928 Main Street. For more information,
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. has been spayed or neutered, has had
all vaccines and is microchipped for no call (404) 932-9461.
To register, visit http://bit.ly/2pR0quu.
If a participant qualifies, one of six team- fee. For more information, visit www.
members will be in contact. dekalbanimalservices.com.
For more information, contact Reem
Hamoda at (610) 973-4250 or Joyce Kim
at (404) 509-5225. DECATUR
Volunteers needed for school project
CHAMBLEE Volunteers are needed to help clean up,
repair and refresh Canby Lane Elementary,
Mayor to hold series of public located at 4150 Green Hawk Trail in
Decatur, on July 21 and 22.
meeting As part of Georgia United Credit
Unions 2017 School Crashers program,
Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson Canby Lane is scheduled to receive a
announced he will hold three open-to- fresh coat of paint, landscaping and other
the public meetings to discuss topics of improvements, benefitting 740 students
interest. and 80 staff members.
The meetingsJuly 26, Aug. 9 and
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Financial advisor:
Take a break without going broke
by Kathy Mitchell minimize those problems with a While credit and debit cards If you will be traveling to an area
few pre-vacation measures, he can be convenient ways to pay you are unfamiliar with, using a
Whether this years family suggested. Leave your passport for travel expenses, they might travel agent may not only help
vacation will be a road trip to a number and the numbers of card not be the most cost-effective assure that the accommodations
destination near home or a major numbers youre taking with a because withdrawal fees can youve booked are in a safe area
getaway involving international travel, trusted family member or friend. add up, Singh said. Withdraw and what you expect, it can save
planning ahead can make for major If your belongings are lost or as much as youre comfortable you money if the agent can get
savings, according to Dunwoody stolen on the trip, the person can carrying to avoid paying more wholesale rates or specials that
resident Tom Singh, whos a relay key information through a fees because of frequent are not available to the general
senior resident director and wealth simple phone call. withdrawals. public.
management advisor at Merrill Lynch. Its also a good idea to Singh also recommended that Criminals, he warned, often
Even a weekend road trip can let your bank and credit card those traveling outside the target vacationers. In addition to
be less expensive for those who company know that you will be country pay in local currency. the great inconvenience, being
take time to compare gas station traveling, Singh said. If they see Even if merchants accept a crime victim is also expensive.
prices and look for specials at charges incurred at places far foreign currency, they may Let neighbors know you will be
restaurants and attractions, from your homeparticularly in charge a high exchange rate so away and ask them to look out
Singh said. another country and they are it likely will be worth the time you for suspicious behavior around
He offered as examples unable to reach you to verify the spend to exchange American your house. Also, notify the local
museums that charge for guided charges, they may suspect fraud dollars for local currency. police when you will be away. I
tours but provide self-guided and freeze your account. It could He said early planning can live in Dunwoody, Singh said,
tours that visitors can download take hours of precious vacation allow for flexibility when booking and I always let the Dunwoody
to their phones for free. time to free up the account. flights and hotels, for example. police know when well be away.
Often travelers can spend Singh suggested carrying Airlines and hotels may charge Putting a stop on mail and
less simply by thinking through multiple forms of payment widely different prices for the newspaper deliveries prevents
what they will be doing and what because some may not be same seat or room, depending giving would-be burglars a clue
they will need. Surprises can be accepted at a particular hotel, on the day. Being willing to go a that no one is home.
expensive. In addition, dealing restaurant or other place. day earlier or later or travel at a Singh also cautioned those
with the unexpected can use Consider travelers checks. different time of day can result in who are active on social media
time thats better spent enjoying They can be replaced within a major savings, Singh said. to be sure information about your
time away from home, Singh 24 hours if stolen, and they Whether its better to use a vacation plans doesnt get to the
said. may also help save money if travel agent or book flights and wrong people because of social
To prevent spending vacation purchased before a trip with a hotels yourself depends on the media postings.
time solving problems, avoid or favorable exchange rate. circumstances, according Singh.
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neighborhood so appealing
Change.org petition sharing detached community only,
its mission. and nothing more. The
Ormewood Forest is 6.1 community expressed
acres of old-growth trees, concern that the MR1
Dunwoody resident Tim Martin looks at pictures taken during his time spent in West Africa during the Ebola The Ebola exhibit opened at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in DeKalb
outbreak. County. The exhibit will be open for roughly a year, according to museum officials.
WEEKinPICTURES
A Chamblee police officer and resident get down during the citys July 4th
Decatur Police Department was well-represented at Georgia Piedmont Tech- Celebration, which featured the bands Band X and the Georgia Sunshine
nical Colleges Law Enforcement Career Fair on July 5. Photo submitted. Band. Photo submitted.
Brookhaven to relocate
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in DeKalb County launched its new exhibit featuring the Ebola virus outbreak of 2014.
Restoration project
witnesses heard gunshots following an Judge Courtney Johnson.
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