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ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS

Decatur Native
to work on Air
Force One
by Horace Holloman
horace@dekalbchamp.com

When Marine veteran and

Decatur native Yasir Waqaar
started his career as a detailer,
he said he never could have
imagined it would take him this far.
Waqaar, who graduated
from Druid Hills High School,
was selected out of hundreds of
detailers nationwide for a team
that will work on the Air Force
One detailing team at Seattles
Museum of Flight.
Waqaar said he doesnt have
any experience detailing an
airplane, but said hes thankful for
the opportunity to learn something
new.
Its doing something different.
You can get in somewhat of a
routine doing cars all the time,
Waqaar said. Ill be working
with different materials. This
opportunity is recognizing the
accomplishment of what Im
striving for and they recognized Yasir Waqaar, who works at Decatur-based Red Clay Detailing, will work a detailing project on Air Force One at Seattles
my skills. Its a learning Museum of Flight.
opportunity.
Waqaar is participating in interested in detailing work, he it began 15 years ago under the in our network capable of helping
a seven-day detailing event said. In 2003, he was without a job Bush administration. us preserve her beauty.
that started July 24 and will run and needed work. He said all he A Bush administration official This year, detailers will also
through July 30. The annual had at the time was a truck and a asked me to save this famous clean, polish and apply protective
detailing event is led by master few supplies. From there, Waqaar plane, which was falling into ruin coatings to 16 additional aircraft
automotive and aircraft detailer went door to door on Candler on the tarmac at Seattles Museum on display at the museum. The
and trainer Renny Doyle of Road in Decatur offering detailing of Flight, I had only five detailers planes include a now-retired
Detailing Success. and car wash services. who had trained with me and with supersonic Concorde Alpha
To be a part of such a I needed to make some whom I trusted on such a project, Golfa remarkable WWII B-52
significant project as preserving money. I had some real estate but said Doyle. We were horrified Stratofortress Bomberand the
Air Force One, that beautiful icon it wasnt making me any money. at the condition of the aircraft, first jumbo jet Boeing 747.
of our countrys aviation heritage So I thought what can I do to which had served as a flying Oval Waqaar will also have the
and history, is thrilling for me, generate income?Waqaar said. Office for Presidents Eisenhower, opportunity of going up a lift to
Waqaar said. How many chances I had a pickup truck and bought Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. detail the American flag on the
do you get to work on preserving some supplies and went door to Having been entrusted into vertical stabilizer.
a piece of our countrys history? door. Ive grown a lot since then. the Teams care through 2020, Set your sights on something
It is an honor to be a part of this Doyle said the Air Force One there is no room for mistakes on you want to do and keep working
team and to share in this unique detailing project is one of the most multimillion-dollar aircraft, and on it, Waqaar said. Ive wanted
opportunity. prestigious detailing projects in today, Yasir [Waqaar] is one of the this project for over 10 years and
Waqaar wasnt always the nation. According to Doyle, most skilled and talented detailers now here I am.

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LOCAL
Brookhaven city councilman
announces re-election bid
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
Brookhaven City
Councilman Joe Gebbia
announced July 19 his
plans to seek re-election
for his council seat.
Ive had the honor Healthcare of Atlanta
to be at the table since
the inception of the city
of Brookhaven, Gebbia
said in a press release.
By working together, we
have achieved a great deal
and created a fantastic
city. With your support,
I would be honored to
have the privilege to
once again serve as your
representative. Therefore, I
am proud to announce my
candidacy for re-election
as your councilman for
District 4.
Gebbia was first elected
to Brookhavens inaugural
city council in 2012 and
was re-elected to a full
four-year term in 2013.
He earned a certificate
of achievement from
the Georgia Municipal
Association for completing
more than 100 hours
in continuing education
courses for elected
officials.
Gebbia co-chairs the
Brookhaven Economic
Development Committee,
he led in the creation of
Keep Brookhaven Beautiful
and the development of the
2.8 mile Peachtree Creek
Greenway Park. Gebbia
also led the charge of
Brookhaven becoming
the first city in Georgia to
be certified by the Attorney
Generals Office as part of
its Georgias Not Buying
It anti-sex-trafficking
campaign, and the
annexation of Childrens
when the city was built
and Executive Park into
Brookhaven.
Gebbia said he has
been an advocate for
efficient, sustainable
development and improved
communications between
city officials and residents.
I will continue to
provide a business-style
approach to running our
city, he said. Ive worked
hard to successfully
address the three Ps
Police, Parks and Pot
Holes, and to lower
property taxes while
creating and approving
balanced and sound
budgets.
We have accomplished
a great deal since the
inception of cityhood, he
added. Over the next four
years, I hope to continue
to be a part of the process
of making Brookhaven one
of the most desirable cities
in the region by working
on the redevelopment
of Buford Highway, the
building and completion
of the Peachtree Creek
Greenway and the building
of a new and permanent
city hall.
The election in Nov. 7.
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Avondale Estates awarded grant to complete Carls Corner
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
The preservation project
for historic Carls Corner in
Avondale Estates will be
completed soon.
Carls Corner, located on
South Avondale Road next
to Twin Oaks Plaza, was
once the citys entryway
in 1926. It was named
after Carl Houseworth,
an Avondale Estates
gardener. City Planner and
Community Development
Officer Keri Stevens said Avondale Estates received a $1,500 grant from the Georgia Historic
Preservation Division to complete the preservation project for historic Carls
the city has received federal Corner. Photos by Carla Parker
sub-grants since 2015 to
restore the archway.
a historic marker that The Georgia Historic
The city received
will explain the history of Preservation Division
a $1,500 grant from
Carls Corner and include awarded $90,000 in federal
the Georgia Historic
a visualization of Avondale sub-grants to the seven
Preservation Division July
Estates. cities to support historic
10 to complete phase III, the
After that, itll just be preservation activities. The
final phase, of the project.
maintaining the existing 2017 Historic Preservation
Avondale Estates was one
structure, maintaining the Fund grants help historic
of seven cities to receive
landscaping, Stevens preservation planning
federal sub-grants from
said. We may decide to do initiatives and projects such
the historic preservation
additional historic markers as historic resource surveys,
division.
at locations throughout the outreach efforts, and
Carls Corner, the actual
city, but that will be the last bricks-and-mortar projects
arch structure, was in very
phase of Carls Corner. throughout the state.
poor condition and we
Stevens said there was The grants are provided
received our first grant from
a companion piece to Carls annually through the historic
HPD to stabilize it, which we
Corner on the other side of preservation fund of the U.S.
finished in 2015, Stevens
South Avondale Road. Department of the Interiors
said. A community member
That was sadly torn National Park Service and
designed the landscaping
down when they widened are administered by the
that surrounds Carls
U.S. 278, she said. But historic preservation division
Corner.
were excited to stabilize our of the Georgia Department
For Phase III of the
historic assets and also to of Natural Resources.
project, the city will use
be able to highlight them.
the grant funds to install
LOCAL
AROUNDDEKALB
AVONDALE
ESTATES
City to bring book clubs together
Avondale Estates will host an event for
book clubs Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. at the Avondale
Community Club. This event is designed to
bring the book clubs of Avondale Estates
together for an evening of socializing around
books. This event will feature local author Mary
Kay Andrews and her new book The Beach
House Cookbook. Books will be available for
purchase and proceeds will benefit Avondale
Boys & Girls Club. Event organizers are
looking for volunteers to prepare a dish from
the cookbook to be served at the event. Those
interested in preparing a dish should contact
Connie Bryans at lcbryans@bellsouth.net.
The community club is located at 59 Lakeshore
Drive.
CHAMBLEE
We Love BuHi asks for public support
Following its official transition into a 501(c)3
nonprofit on July 7, Chamblee-based We Love
BuHia group advocating for better public
infrastructure and interest in metro Atlantas
Buford Highwayis calling on the public for
financial support.
Individual donations are accepted by We
Love BuHi by visiting the nonprofits website,
www.welovebuhi.com.
Interested donors can also become
members of We Love BuHi for $99 per year.
Members will receive a guide to Buford
Highway in September, access to members-
only events and priority registration for special
events, organization officials state. Membership
can also be purchased at www.welovebuhi.
com.
We believe that becoming a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization will allow We Love BuHi
to increase our capacity, with the help of an
expanded community of donors, to fulfill our
mission, state We Love BuHi officials. A
nonprofit structure will enable us to dedicate
new resources to achieve our vision of an
engaged and empowered Buford Highway
community shaping a healthy, vibrant, thriving,
diverse, and inclusive future together. Your
support has never mattered more to the future
of We Love BuHi.
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CLARKSTON
Public invited to National Night Out
Officers at the Clarkston Police Department
invite the public to learn more about law
enforcement at the annual National Night Out
event at Tahoe Shopping Centerlocated at
4600 E. Ponce de Leon Avenueon Aug. 1
from 6 to 8 p.m.
The event will include safety demonstrations
and information on impaired driving, booster
seat installation, youth violence prevention,
voter registration, self-defense and home
security.
In addition, Clarkston Police Department
and DeKalb County Fire & Rescue trucks will
be on display for the public.
Hot dogs and hamburgers will be available
at the event for free. The event will also feature
basketball, a water bottle toss and more family-
friendly games free of charge.
DUNWOODY
City to host Pic in the Park
City officials in Dunwoody invite the public to
Brook Run Parklocated at 4770 N. Peachtree
Roadfor a free screening of The LEGO
Batman Movie.
The event, known as Pic in the Park will
take place on Aug. 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Bring the family, friends and neighbors
along with a blanket or chair and relax under
the stars, city officials state. Enjoy a free,
family-friendly outdoor movie on a giant 45
screen.
Directed by comedy veteran Chris McKay,
LEGO Batman stars Will Arnett, Michael Cera
and Rosario Dawson among other Hollywood
regulars in an animated, comedic version of DC
Comics Batman.
The movie is open to the public at dusk.
Food and beverages are allowed as long as
rules involving open containers and glassware
are adhered to.
For more information, visit www.
dunwoodyga.gov.
LITHONIA
State representatives to host back-
to-school event
State Representatives Karen Bennett
(D-Stone Mountain), Doreen Carter
(D-Lithonia) and Darshun Kendrick
(D-Lithonia) will host a Back to School Zone
July 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Redan
Recreation Center in Lithonia.
The event will feature a job fair for
teenagers, National Football League helmet
safety clinic, free sports physicals provided
by Dr. Earl Thurmond of Kaiser Permanente,
music by DJ Blak and more.
USA Football Youth Southeast Regional
Manager Ian Holmes will speak to parents
and coaches at 10 a.m. regarding helmet and
equipment safety for young football players.
Former Atlanta Falcons player Dewey
McClain also will make a guest appearance
during the event. Hot dogs and drinks will be
provided. For more information, call (404) 656-
0202 or email trn7c@aol.com.
Free Back-to-School chess event
Orrin Checkmate Hudson is scheduled
to host a free back-to-school event focused on
chess at Fairfield Inn & Suiteslocated at 7850
Stonecrest Squarefrom 1 to 4 p.m. on Aug. 5.
Hudson, a youth mentor and anti-violence
activist, will use a life-size chessboard to
communicate life lessons such as respect for
others, thinking before acting and giving more
than taking, according to a release.
The session will outline specific strategies
that help students put Brains Before Bullets
and to ultimately choose peace before
violence, the release states.
Hudson is a former gang member, an Air
Force veteran and former state trooper. He has
received the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Community Leader Award as well as DeKalb
Countys Community Hero Award.
For more information, visit www.besomeone.
org.
TUCKER
Book discussion at Tucker library
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind
Over Body by Jo Marchant will be discussed
Aug. 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Tucker-Reid H.
Cofer Library. Copies of the discussion title will
be available at the front desk on a first-come,
first-served basis. The library is located at 5234
LaVista Road. For more information, call (770)
270-8234.
LOCAL DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 4A

school position responsible for

BY R. SCOTT BELZER monitoring student achievement
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com and literacy coach Peggy Davis will
be Kelley Lake Elementarys new
principal.
DeKalb County School District
Laura Baez, a former DeKalb
(DCSD) welcomed 17 new principals
County assistant principal and
to the school district July 24 as part of
teacher, will be principal at Montclair
its Summer Leadership Conference at
Elementary. Baez also has experience
Miller Grove High School.
as a reading specialist in El Paso,
DCSD reassigned due to low
Texas.
performance, and accepted the
Murphey Candler Elementary
retirements of various principals in May.
welcomed Marsha Sears as its new
Since then, it has implemented a
principal. Sears has experience as
four-phase selection process to select
an assistant principal and teacher in
principals for the following schools:
DeKalb County as well as an adjunct
Chamblee Charter and Lithonia high
professor at DeVry University.
schools, Stephenson, Redan and
Former DeKalb County assistant
Miller Grove middle schools, as well
principal and teacher Sabrina
as Dresden, Flat Rock, Kelley Lake,
Pressley will be Oak View
Montclair, Murphey Candler, Oak View,
Elementarys new principal. Pressley
Panola Way, Rock Chapel, Shadow
also has experience as a computer
Rock, Snapfinger, Stoneview and
teacher at Boys & Girls Clubs of
Woodridge elementary schools.
America.
The new principal at Chamblee
Former Green County principal and
Charter High School is Rebecca
financial services representative Corey
Braaten, the former assistant
Stegall will be the new principal at
superintendent of Muscogee
Panola Way Elementary.
County Schools. Braaten also has
Lisa Green, a former assistant
administrative experience in Polk
principal and teacher at Gwinnett
County.
County Schools, will be the new
Lithonia High School welcomed
principal at Rock Chapel Elementary.
Darrick McCray as its new principal.
Former assistant principal and
McCray is a former principal in Dooly
teacher for Fulton County Schools Viva
and Bibb counties and former assistant
Jones was announced as Shadow
principal at schools in Clayton County
Rock Elementarys new principal.
as well as Atlanta Public Schools.
Snapfinger Elementary Schools
With these talented Stephenson Middle Schools
new principal is Rasheen Booker.
Bookers experience includes time as
new principal is former DeKalb County
teacher and assistant principal Johnny
Potter.
an instructional support specialist in

educators in DeKalb County, a principal in Atlanta

Public Schools and Clayton County,
as well as time spent as a teacher and
Stoneview Elementarys new
principal will be Cassandra Davis, a
former DeKalb County teacher and
counselor. Davis also has experience
assistant principal.
place, we will Redan Middle School welcomed
former DeKalb County teacher and
assistant principal Karen Davis as
as Region 1 coordinator for Clayton
County Schools.
Woodbridge Elementary welcomed
former DeKalb County teacher,

continue to raise its new principal. Similarly, former

DeKalb County teacher and assistant
principal Marcus Kimber will take over
instructional coach and assistant
principal Brandy Jermon as its new
principal.
as principal for Miller Grove Middle
Research shows when schools
our expectations School.
Dresden Elementarys new principal
will be Jesse Berger, a former
have effective leadership, student
and staff performance will increase.
Working with our five regional
principal with experience at Atlanta

and outcomes for Public Schools and Clayton County.

Flat Rock Elementary welcomed
former Arabia Mountain High assistant
superintendents, we have identified
a group of highly qualified and highly
motivated individuals to join our team,
said DCSD superintendent R. Stephen
principal Malik Douglas as its new
achievement. principal. Douglas has experience
in the United States Army as well as
Henry County Schools.
Green. With these talented educators
in place, we will continue to raise
our expectations and outcomes for
achievement.
Former Success For All facilitatora
- R. Stephen Green
LOCAL
Pre-Civil War infrastructure helped shape modern DeKalb, Fulton counties
by Kathy Mitchell
T
o most who have lived
awhile in the Atlanta
area the names are
familiarShallowford,
Rockbridge, Paces Ferry, Howell
Mill, McAfee, Cascade. Rivers
and early roads and the systems
for traveling and crossing
them shaped the history of the
area and in some instances
provided names that endure to
the present, according to Dr.
G. Michael Pratt, who gave
a presentation on the early
infrastructure of DeKalb and
Fulton counties at the DeKalb
History Centers July 18 Lunch
and Learn session.
The presentation included
Fulton as well as DeKalb County
because much of the area that
is now Fulton County was part
of DeKalb until 1853, when the
western side was sheared off to
make a separate county, said
Pratt, a retired college professor
who conducted research for the
presentation as a volunteer with
the history centers archives.
Before the railroads,
waterways, particularly the
Chattahoochee River, were
essential to transportation in the
area, Pratt explained, noting
that ferries that crossed the
waterways at various points
made it possible to travel
through undeveloped areas.
Ferry names, usually derived
from the owners names, survive
in some current street names
such as Johnson Ferry, Paces
Ferry and Defoors Ferry.
In the early days of the
county, responsibility for the
creation of roads fell to what was
at the time called the inferior
courts, which handled day-to-
day county business, while the
superior courts handled major
crimes and other more serious
matters.
As few as three residents
could petition the courts
declaring that it would be in the
public good to build a road from
one point to another. The inferior
court would send a group to
study the area and if there was a
favorable report the court would
authorize public funds to build
the roads, Pratt said.
Often roads were more
developed versions of existing
ones. What later became
Peachtree Road, for example,
was created from a military
road established in the early
19th century, Pratt noted. New
roads were often created to
give access to the ferries. After
DeKalb County was created in
1822, roads were built to provide
easier access to the new county
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seat, Decatur.
Initially, he said, ferries
were private enterprises
built by individuals as they
saw the opportunity for a
profitable business. Later, the
county required that these be
licensed and I imagine there
was a fee involved, Pratt
said. As the area population
and commercethe mills
particularlygrew, these ferries
became more important until
they started to be replaced by
bridges.
Pratt told the story of Atlanta
ferry owners who shared
a business partnership, a
friendship and given names.
Clement Clay Green and
Clement Clay Howell were
said to be best friends until an
altercation broke out between
them and Howell shot Green
dead, ending what had been a
lucrative ferry business.
When the Civil War came,
controlling the infrastructure
became crucial to military
strategy, particularly with the
coming of the railroads. Atlanta
had become a transportation
hub and thus important to war
activity. The Confederate River
Linea series of trenches and
forts built by enslaved persons
and Southerners too weak
for combatwas designed to
protect the railroad line crossing
the Chattahoochee River.
Using demonstration attacks,
rather than an all-out assault
on the line, Union Gen. James
McPherson was able to defeat
the undermanned Confederate
units.
When Confederate Gen.
Joseph Johnston was unable
to use the line successfully,
he was dismissed from his
commission. Union troops were
able to stop the Confederate
troops by controlling the railroad,
bridges and ferries and take
control of Atlanta, he said,
adding that it was a common
practice to go to the county
seat and take maps. They
were then able to block or burn
anything that was of value to
the Confederacy. Union troops,
Pratt said, often created pontoon
bridges to cross rivers, removing
the temporary structures after
the crossing so they could not be
used by the Confederacy.
After the war, many of the
bridges and roadways were
rebuilt and remained into the
20th century. These continued
to be the areas main arteries
until the interstate system was
built, he said. Of course, with
the interstates, it was possible to
cross waterways anyplace you
wanted.
OPINION
An inch from a heart attack
Having the latest
technological gadgets doesnt
particularly interest me; my
general opinion is that if I
already have a working device
that serves the same purpose,
there is no reason for an
upgrade or replacement.
One such device that
came standard on my recently
purchased car is a backup
camera. When I bought the car,
had there been an option of
not having the camera, I would
have not paid extra for it.
For more than 45 years,
Ive successfully maneuvered
my vehicle in reverse without
the assistance of a camera.
However, I admit that now that I
have it, I often use it instead of
contorting my body and twisting
my head around like an owl
looking for prey.
However, as with any
advances in technology,
with the benefits come the
challenges.
On a recent morning as
I was leaving the local post
office, I had a not-so-pleasant
John Hewitt
johnh@dekalbchamp.com
experience with my backup
camera and it almost caused a
heart attack.
My wife called just as I was
getting in my car. We were
having a basically meaningless
conversation. As we were
talking, I started my engine, put
the car in reverse and glanced
down at the monitor to see if
there was anything behind me.
I then yelled, Oh my god!
Theres a huge snake skin
hanging from the back of my
car. Let me call you back.
Chills went through my veins
as I stared into the screen in
disbelief seeing what appeared
to be a massive snake skin
hanging from my car and
blowing in the breeze.
DEKALB FREE PRESS Friday, July 28, 2017 Page 6
I am absolutely terrified
of snakes and my mind
immediately began pondering
where the skin had come from
and was its original owner
possibly in my car with me. It
made perfect sense to me that
if the snake skin was hanging
from the back of the car that in
all likelihood, the snake was in
my rear storage area, just feet
from me.
My fear, apprehension and
curiosity got to me.
I gathered the courage to
get out of my car and go behind
it for a closer look, but was
terrified of what I might see.
I slowly crept behind my car,
keeping a safe distance and
probably looking very foolish,
but didnt see anything remotely
similar to what I saw in my
backup camera monitor.
Feeling a bit relieved, I got
closer to my car for a more
thorough inspection and still
didnt see anything.
Confident that what I saw
must have been some sort of
optical illusion, I got back in my
car, again put it in reverse, and
again saw this horrific image in
my camera monitor.
For the second time, I shut
my engine off and went around
to the back of my car to inspect.
I still didnt see anything that
looked like what I saw on the
monitor.
Being relieved that there
was no snake skin attached,
but still curious as to what I was
seeing, I got close enough to
the actual camera to inspect it
and then saw the culprit.
What appeared to be a large
snake skin was actually a tiny,
harmless inch worm attached
to the top of the camera and
blowing around in the strong
breeze. What a relief that was
humiliating and embarrassing,
but still a relief.
Perhaps there should be a
warning on the camera monitor
that reads Objects in monitor
may appear dramatically larger
than they are.
That tiny inch worm almost
gave me a massive heart
attack.
OPINION
Just because you can, does not mean you should
The increase in parking
fee is something weve
been considering for a few
years now as the number of
attendees at our signature
events have increased,Jekyll
Island Authority Executive
Director, Jones Hookssaid in
a statement announcing the
increase from $6 to $10 for five
select dates, coinciding with
Jekylls most popular annual
special events.
My grandparents were the
first in my family to discover
Jekyll Islands wonders and by
my high school years, three
branches of our Crane family
no kin to Uncle Richard Crane
and his wealthier Chicago
plumbing magnate relations
owned modest rental cottages
on the beach-view side of the
island.Even during my are we
there yet days, Jekyll offered,
after a comparatively short drive,
surroundings that seemed half a
world away.
Then and now, a modest
parking fee at the islands
entrance was the only fixed
cost.State parks also managed
by authorities at Stone Mountain
and Lake Lanier Islands similarly
offer one-day parking as well as
annual passes.But at least for
the upcoming fiscal year, which
began July 1, Jekylls parking
fee will experience a sharp
increase from $6 to $10 per day,
five times a year.
During five peak attendance
dates per year, the Fourth
of July, the Shrimp and Grits
Festival (Sept. 15-17), the day
after Thanksgiving and the Jekyll
Island Tree Lighting (Nov. 25),
the islands population can swell
to double digit thousands.And,
with all those visitors come
increased trash to be removed,
more state troopers and local
law enforcement on overtime,
and shuttle bus and restroom
needs well beyond those of a
typical day in paradise. These
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price hike without a small revolt hatchlings, these creatures sprint
among its most loyal subjects. to the sea with little knowledge
One Mans This is an ill-chosen path of what awaits them.Something
Opinion from a usually business savvy has to be working well in these
public/private governing authority patterns, habits and habitats, as
Bill Crane attempting to recover island the average sea turtle can live till
bill.csicrane@gmail.com management costs in real time well past the century mark.
and based on logic that doesnt If these gate/parking fee
play out elsewhere across the hikes become permanent, the
costs are real, and they have island on these same dates. JIA should at least be armed
been steadily increasing. Are golf rounds or village with data that this wont chase
The typically thoughtful tours or fishing fees or bike off the type of visitors whom the
and conservative Jekyll Island rentals 66 percent higher JIA seeks to convert into repeat
Authority (JIA) has decided on these peak-demand traffic and conventioneers.
to recoup those costs from days?Could Jekylls affordable Priorities vary by group and
the same visitors who bring paradise reputation be demographic, but I feel pretty
them,and on the days these completely shot by a similar hike safe in saying that no one likes
expenses are incurred.So, on in hotel rates on special event to feel they are being price
these five dates island parking weekends?The answer to each gouged.
will experience a hike of66 of these questions should help
percent for all except annual guide Georgias usually sharp- Bill Crane also serves as a
pass holders. minded JIA board and its senior political analyst and commentator
But just because the staff back to a more sensible for Channel 2s Action News,
JIAcanhike the parking fee and defensible position. WSB-AM News/Talk 750 and
at will, does not mean that Our Golden Isles beloved now 95.5 FM, as well as a
theyshould. sea turtleswhich Jekyll so columnist for The Champion,
Yes, costs are higher on readily embraces and protects DeKalb Free Press and Georgia
big event days, but so are are slow, steady and recurrent in Trend. Crane is a DeKalb native
revenues.If operating costs their behaviors; making only the and business owner, living in
year-round are out-stripping slightest variation in their method Scottdale. You can reach him
income, then a more balanced or path to continue century- or comment on a column at bill.
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the comp rounds of golf, or eggs.As the most immature of
increasing green fees, or
perhaps a more modest 50 cent
or $1 daily parking fee increase
year-round.
And if an increase on five
days is OK, where does that end
later?
Jekyll Island is a fully self-
funding enterprise.There are no
appropriations from the Georgia
General Assembly other than
periodic bond issuances for
major infrastructure projects.
Parking fees and hotel revenue
sharing generate the vast
majority of funding to operate
and maintain the seven-mile
barrier island and its 5,700
acres, 65 percent of which must
be maintained in its natural state
by Georgia law.
Even the Magic Kingdom
couldnt abide a 66 percent
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No update on Dunwoody Keith E. Baird,

lawyer Facebook case

linguistic
anthropologist and
activist educator,
dies at 94
Dunwoody police state no information given by social Keith E. Baird, died July
media giant 13 in Atlanta; he was 94. His
body has been donated to
Morehouse Medical School
for use in research and
for records individually and education as was his wish.
BY R. SCOTT BELZER prioritize requests based Born Jan. 20, 1923 in Barbados, West Indies, Baird came
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com upon case circumstances to the United States at the age of 24 and entered Columbia
and other factors not always University, where he began studies in Spanish. He continued
obvious from the formal his graduate course work at Columbia in romance philology
Questions remain process, state Facebook and linguistics. He was awarded his doctorate degree in
unanswered five months officials. [Police are sociolinguistics from Union Graduate Institute in Cincinnati.
after the resignation of encouraged to] provide any Baird began his career as a high school teacher of foreign
additional details about the languagesSpanish, French, Latin and Germanas well as
former Dunwoody assistant English and social studies Brooklyn New York.
city attorney Lenny Felgin. case so that we can make
sure the case is prioritized Baird was a founding member of the African American
Felgin resigned Feb. Teachers Association, he pioneered the teaching of an African
1 following allegations of appropriately and the language (Ki-Swahili) at the City University of New York as
anti-Muslim remarks on records received are most professor and director of Afro-American Studies at Hunter
Facebook. Felgin allegedly relevant. College.
posted derogatory remarks information from Facebook Dunwoody resident Most of Bairds life work centered on the view that language
about Muslims on a thread or any information, for that Joseph Hirsch brought was a political tool that had been used against people of color
pertaining to Canadian matter, said Dunwoody up the issue on July 10 at but should be used a tool for liberation and enlightenment.
citizenship for refugees. public information officer a Dunwoody City Council Baird was an early advocate for use of Afro Americana term
Felgin has repeatedly Mark Stevens. meeting. invoking cultural heritageto refer to people of African descent
insisted he is the victim Facebook has a law Its been five-and-a-half in the United States rather than the term Black.
months and I keep asking From 1964 1969, Baird was an educator and administrator
of identity theft and filed enforcement request portal in the New York City School System. As director of the Afro-
an official police report on its website in accordance what happened, Hirsch
said. Its been five-and-
American History and Culture Center, in District 29, New York
with Dunwoody law to the federal Stored City Board of Education, Baird developed educational curricula
enforcement. He also hired Communications Act. a-half months since our in Afro-American Studies for elementary and secondary
technology professionals to We will search for city attorney said he was teachers and trained teachers in subject content, curriculum
look into his account, which and disclose data that is hacked and [resulted] in planning and teaching methodology.
proved to be fruitless. specified with particularity derogatory anti-Muslim Baird held professional positions at academic institutions
Felgin has since deleted in an appropriate form of comments. If our city including Hunter College of the City University of New York,
his Facebook account. legal process and which laptops are hacked and Hofstra University and Buffalo State College of the State
Following his resignation, we are reasonably able its been five and a half University of New York where he was chair of the Afro-
on Feb. 13, Dunwoody to locate and retrieve, months, shouldnt we be American Studies Department and was professor emeritus of
shocked and alarmed that anthropology.
Mayor Denis Shortal states Facebooks law He was also a visiting professor at Georgia Institute of
announced an identity enforcement guidelines. someone is hacking into our
systems? Shouldnt we be Technology and Atlanta University. He retired from Clark Atlanta
theft investigation by We do not retain data for University, having served as full professor in the Department
the Dunwoody Police law enforcement purposes concerned that the city cant of History and interim chair of African and African American
Department. A subsequent unless we receive a valid find a way to dispose of this Studies.
subpoena was issued preservation request before case, come to a conclusion Among his books and works were Sea Island Roots: The
to Facebook to gather a user has deleted that or resolution? African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia, co-edited with
additional data. content from our service. Hirsch said residents his wife, anthropologist and folklorist, Mary A. Twining. He also
As of July, no information Facebook also states, deserve to know whether co-edited Commentaries on a Creative Encounter: Proceedings
has been given to the Response times vary the city attorney was of a Conference On the Culture and Literature of Francophone
department. depending on case hacked and deserve closure Africa with Jean Francois Gounard; Sea Islands of the United
The Dunwoody Police complexity and records on the issue. States; and Names from Africa. He also participated on the
album Africa Lost and Found with scholars Richard B. Moore
Department has not requested. and John Henrik Clark recorded by the Harlem Freedom
received the requested We review each request School.
Significant portions of Bairds library and papers have been
donated to Atlantas Auburn Library and Research Center.
Of the many honors Baird has received, one which gave him
the most joy was a recent award for lifetime achievement
from the Atlanta Barbados Association on the occasion of the
PUBLIC NOTICE: 2017 MUNICIPAL ELECTION 50thanniversary of the countrys independence.
Baird was a long time resident of Georgia, in southwest
The City of Pine Lake will hold municipal elections for three City Council seats Atlanta and Decatur. He is survived by Mary Twining Baird, his
on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. These seats are currently held by Jean wife, his daughters Diana Baird NDiaye, Marcia Baird Burris;
Bordeaux, Brandy Hall and Augusta Woods. stepdaughter Nana Ashhurst and stepson Timothy Twining;
son-in-law Gorgui NDiaye, daughters-in-law Tara Twining
Candidates who are elected will serve for four years. To be eligible to run, and Trish Twining, 11 biological and step grandchildren, great
candidates must be a qualified elector (registered voter) of the City, and nephews Barton Chase, Anthony Chase, Merriel Chase, Valerie
must have continuously resided in Pine Lake for twelve months immediately Chase, and Jennifer Chase, their children and grandchildren.
preceding the date of the election. Bairds life will be celebrated on Aug. 12, 1-4 p.m. at St.
Candidate Qualifying will open at 8:30 a.m. on August 21, and will close at 4:30 Timothys Episcopal Church, 2833 Flat Shoals Road, Decatur,
p.m. on August 23, 2017. This is the official filing of Notice of Candidacy to Ga.
have the candidates name placed on the ballot. The qualifying fee is $18 for In lieu of flowers and in observance of Bairds lifelong love
Council member. and use of books, the family requests that friends donate
Voter registration for the election will close at 5:00 p.m. on October 10, 2017. books inscribed in his memory to their local library or create
Polls will be open on Election Day, November 7th from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and support a free pop-up community library. For more
The Polling site will be at the Pine Lake Clubhouse, located at 300 Clubhouse information on the Atlanta celebration and to rsvp, please email
Drive. Advanced voting locations will be established in accordance with State celebratingKEB@africamail.com
law.
LOCAL DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 9A

World famous jewel thief Men sought in robbery and

exploitation of elderly man
arrested in Chamblee BY R. SCOTT BELZER
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
targeted solely because
of their age, and in some
cases, their health.
Stevens issued a video
Two men are being
that allegedly shows Lewis
Shoplifting sought in connection to
robbery and exploitation and Stone robbing an
elderly man at a Dunwoody
arrest marks of the elderly, according
to Dunwoody Police gas station.
In the video, a man
Department.
third in DeKalb Dunwoody public with a cane can be seen
approaching a cooler of a
information officer Mark
County in Stevens issued a release
outlining crimes believed
gas station. A man believed
to be Stone can be seen
calendar year to have been committed by
Herbert Lewis and Clinton
helping the elderly man
choose a drink from the
Stone throughout metro cooler. Another man
Atlanta. believed to be Lewis
BY R. SCOTT BELZER World-renowned jewel thief Doris Payne was arrested for in DeKalb County According to Stevens, approaches the man from
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com the third time in a calendar year on July 17 for attempting to steal $86.22 in the two men have active behind with a garment to
merchandise. Photo submitted.
warrants in Dunwoody cover his hand and steals
For the third time since for robbery by sudden the mans wallet straight
December 2016, world- snatching, financial from his back pocket.
Mall. She was also arrested legal system were detailed
famous jewel thief Doris transaction card fraud and Any information the
in March 2017 for failure to in the 2013 documentary
Payne has found herself elder exploitation. public may have on the
appear in court. The Life and Crimes of
lodged in a DeKalb County Since 2016, both whereabouts of Lewis or
In October 2015, Payne Doris Payne, directed
jail. [men] have been seen Stone should be directed
was arrested for attempting by Kirk Marcolina and
Payne, 86, was arrested approaching elderly to Detective Anthony
to steal $690 Christian Dior Matthew Pond.
July 17 at the Chamblee individuals at retail locations Stallings at anthony.
earrings at Phipps Plaza. Life and Crimes traces
Walmart located at 1871 in the metro area, distracting stallings@dunwoodyga.gov or
At the time of her arrest Paynes beginnings in a
Chamblee Tucker Road. victims by various methods (678) 382-6921.
in Chamblee, police state West Virginia coal mining
According to police, she was and stealing their wallets Dunwoody police
she was still wearing an town where she stole to
arrested for attempting to and purses, Stevens said. say anonymous tips can
electronic ankle bracelet help her mother escape
steal $86.22 worth of items. In almost every case, be submitted via text at
issued by DeKalb County. an abusive relationship.
According to the incident the suspects then use the dunwoodypolice.com or
At her DeKalb County court Through such strategies as
report, Payne was spotted stolen credit cards to make by texting C-R-I-M-E-S
hearing, the judge listed posing as a wealthy woman,
by a loss prevention officer purchases worth hundreds (274-637) with the keyword
five previous arrests or distracting store employees
stuffing items from the of dollars. The victims are DPDTIPS at the start of the
active warrants in Colorado, and using sleight of hand
pharmacy, electronics message.
California and North techniques, Paynes career
and grocery department
Carolina, all of which had found her partnering with
into various bags before
occurred in the past five other jewel thieves and jet-
attempting to check out.
years. setting across the world.
Police state Payne was
Paynes arrest record According to the HUD.GOV
charged with multiple counts U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
includes 20 aliases, more documentary, the amount
of theft by shoplifting. Secretary Ben Carson
than 10 Social Security stolen by Payne in her
Payne, well-known for
numbers and nine dates of lifetime exceeds $2 million. Investment Property For Sale
a six-decade career in
birth dating back to 1952. Payne also admits to
jewel theft, was arrested in
Paynes career of stealing a 10-carat diamond Community Housing, Inc.
December for attempting
thievery and subsequent ring worth $500,000. 1179 Russell Drive | Decatur, GA 30030
to steal a $1,995 necklace
tangles with the California
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CITYOFBROOKHAVEN Time and Date of Sale:
NOTICEFORELECTIONANDQUALIFYINGPERIOD August 1, 2017 10:00 A.M. Local Time
DeKalb County Courthouse
556 N. McDonough Street | Decatur, GA 30030

NoticeisherebygiventhatanElectionfortheCityofBrookhavenwillbeheldonTuesday,November7,
2017fortheofficesofCouncilMemberDistrictstwo(2)andFour(4).
QualifyingforsaidelectionwillbeheldWednesday,August23,2017,Thursday,August24,2017,and
Friday,August25,2017,betweenthehoursof8:30a.m.and12:30p.m.,and1:30p.m.and4:30p.m.
(GeorgiaElectionCode212132(d)(3)).Eachcandidateshallfileanoticeofcandidacyintheofficeofthe
CityClerkofBrookhaven,4362PeachtreeRoad,Brookhaven,Georgia.Eachcandidatemustmeetthe
qualificationsoftheCharterandCodeoftheCityofBrookhaven,aswellasapplicableStatelaw.The
qualifyingfeeforthecouncilseatsis$360.00whichis3%ofthetotalgrosssalaryofacouncilpersonfor
theprecedingyear(GeorgiaElectionCode212131(a)(1)(A)).
Download The Bid Kit & See Photos At:
ThelastdayapersonmayregisterandbeeligibletovoteintheMunicipalElectionandRunoffis
https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/
Tuesday,October10,2017(GeorgiaElectionCode212224(a)).ThepollswillbeopenonElectionDay, program_offices/housing/mfh/pd/mfplist
Tuesday,November7,2017from7:00a.m.until7:00p.m.ThedateoftheRunoff,ifnecessary,is
Tuesday,December5,2017. After receipt of the bid kit address questions to:
Farla Knight, Ft. Worth HUD Property Disposition Division
QuestionsshouldbedirectedtoSusanHiott,CityClerk,at(404)6370464or
Farla.G.Knight@HUD.gov | (817) 978-5810
susan.hiott@brookhavenga.gov.
Note: This advertisement is placed by HUD & does
not constitute the legal notice of foreclosure sale.
SusanD.Hiott,MMC
CityClerk U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT



LOCAL DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 10A

County workers prepare to remove debris from Brannon Hill Condominium. DeKalb County removed 1,199 tons of debris from demolished buildings at
Brannon Hill Condominium in Clarkston on July 13 and 14.

BRANNON HILL MAKEOVER

Phase 1 of cleaning project complete at notorious complex
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
After the removal of
nearly 1,200 tons of debris,
Brannon Hill Condominium
in Clarkston is beginning to
have a different look.
Phase 1 of a cleanup
project at Brannon Hill was
completed after two days
of work from July 13 to July
14. In total, 1,999 tons of
debris were removed from
demolished buildings.
I cannot overstate
my appreciation for the
hardworking men and
women who executed a
logistically challenging plan
to cleanup this devastation
and increase the quality of
life for DeKalb residents,
said DeKalb County CEO
Michael Thurmond. Blight
contributes to diminished
public health and safety,
and though we still have
far to go, this is a positive
first step.According to
the county, 37 county
employees worked a
combined 460 hours.
Trucks removed more than
150 loads of debris to the
countys landfill.
On Nov. 18, 2016,
DeKalb County obtained
a court order allowing
nuisance abatement
in Brannon Hill at four
buildings totaling 68 units.
The complex, built in
1973, caught on fire in
November of 2016 and
most recently in May
the Red Cross said 40
individuals were displaced
due to the fire.
Commissioner Steve
Bradshaw, whose district
covers Brannon Hill, said
the cleanup is about helping
the families who are still
living in the condominium.
Id like to thank CEO according to county officials.
Michael Thurmond for
being a man of his word.
When we were both
campaigning last year we
made a commitment to
not forget about Brannon
Hill, Bradshaw said.
We all know there have
been challenges here that
predate our tenure in office
and we know Brannon Hill
has been spotlighted in the
media. But the truth of the
matter is, real people live
here.
Roughly 100 units at the
complex are vacant and in
disrepair while nearly 186
units are currently inhabited,
remove these four blighted
Phase II of the cleanup
project will occur sometime
before the end of 2017.
DeKalb County officials
said the county will award
a contract to demolish and
remove debris from two
buildings representing 40
units.
The $400,000 in federal
community development
grant funds will be used on
the cleanup project.
DeKalb will be judged
by the quality of life of all
of our residents, including
those most challenged,
Thurmond said. The
county has the ability to
buildings in Brannon Hill,
but removing buildings isnt
the cure.

Wellness plan unveiled at Decatur schools

BY R. SCOTT BELZER
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
City Schools of Decatur (CSD)
unveiled an 11-part wellness plan
at its July 18 board of education
meeting.
In accordance with the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, CSD
joined school districts throughout
the country in developing
comprehensive wellness plans.
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) mandates
school districts develop written
policies that address food and
beverages allowed throughout the
school day, food allowed during
celebrations and fundraisers, and
food and beverage advertising in
school hallways.
On July 18, CSD took the first
step by approving an 11-part plan.
Part one of CSDs wellness
plan names someone to lead the
project, called a wellness advocate.
Following board approval, CSD
director of operations Noel Maloof
was named wellness advocate.
His first charge will be
assembling a teampart two of the
planmade up of a parent from
each grade group not employed by
the district; a middle school student;
a high school student; the districts
lead nurse; a nutrition specialist; a
representative from City of Decatur
Active Living; a representative from
the Decatur Housing Authority;
a representative from the Wylde
Center; a CSD administrator from
each grade group; a CSD physical
education teacher; the CSD director
of nutrition; the CSD athletic
director; and the CSD director of
transportation.
The policy states the wellness
team will make recommendations
and convene at least once each
quarter. Each gathering will meet
the requirements of the Georgia
Open Meetings Act.
Part three involves developing
healthier nutritional standards,
including health-conscious school
meals and increasing water
consumption. Part four applies
these standards to fundraisers and
concession stands.
Part five states the district will
promote and educate students and
faculty on healthy food choices
through appropriate marketing.
Part six guarantees the
opportunity and promotion for
physical activity. The wellness plan
states students will not be withheld
from physical activity even as
punishment. Parts seven and eight,
accordingly, guarantee recess and
physical education.
Part nine supports active
transportation to and from
school, such as walking or biking.
Under this section, CSD plans to
designate safe routes and promote
walking and biking to school.
Part 10 assures students and
teachers of a safe, clean and
hygienic restroom to foster personal
responsibility.
Part 11 outlines how CSD will
monitor, assess and report progress
to authorities at the state and
federal level.
CSDs wellness plan is
modeled after Alliance for a
Healthier Generations Model
School Wellness Policy as well as
the Centers for Disease Control
and Preventions School Health
Index:Self-Assessment and
Planning Guide.
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WEEKinPICTURES

DeKalb County School District hosted a Parents Pound the Pavement job fair on July 20. Designed as a job fair for DeKalb County parents, DCSD hopes providing job opportunities
will translate to better lives for students. Photo submitted.

Officers from Cedar Grove High Schools Future Business Leaders of America program
take part in leadership training on July 19. Photo submitted.

Jennifer Campbell and Cindy Walls of The Sauers Group showing items collected for The
Tucker High School students art work is displayed at the Tucker City Hall Annex meet-
Champions back to school supplies collection efforts. Employees and vendors of The
ing room. Photo by Carla Parker
Sauers Group donated more than 100 backpacks and countless other school supplies

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LOCAL
Clarkston charter review under debate
Mayor and council
disagreement on membership
leads to veto
BY R. SCOTT BELZER
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
For the second time in
2017, Clarkston Mayor Ted
Terry issued a veto relating
to the citys charter.
On July 13, Terry issued
a veto on Clarkston City
Councils July 6 vote to
appoint six members to a
newly formed charter review
committeesix months after
he insisted upon its creation.
Terrys reasons,
according to the veto,
include city councils
noncompliance with the
resolution to create the
committee, which calls for
seven members rather than
sixfive residents and two
council members.
My recommendation is
that the city council swiftly
selects the fifth resident
from the remaining pool of
two applicants and fulfills
the guidelines outlined
the previous resolution
forming the Charter Review
Committee, Terry states.
Once that is completed I will
eagerly and earnestly work
with the formed committee
on the important discussion
about the current makeup of
our Clarkston city charter.
Terry originally vetoed
a 5-0 city council vote in
January to amend the
Clarkston city charter. The
amendment eliminated the
mayors unilateral ability to
call special-called meetings,
formulate a community
budget, and place items on
the agenda.
Terry requested the
council form a charter review
committee to examine parts
of the charter. Following
four hours of discussion, city
council voted 5-0 in favor
of its amendment. Though
Terrys veto was overridden
in February, Clarkston
City Council unanimously
approved the creation of a
charter review committee.
The charter review
committeeformally
adopted in Junewill
consist of seven members:
five residents and two city
DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 12A
council members.
Theres been a need
since 2010 or 2011
to change our form
of government from a the other two to join us. to review the remaining
mayor-city council form As Terry attempted to applicants at its first
of government to a city explain that he felt left out meeting.
council-city manager of the application process, That is how the
form of government, Moore and other council committee is planning to
said Councilman Dean members repeatedly go forward, Moore said.
Moore. Weve made some interrupted him by stating, The idea that there will
adjustments through the Call for the question, which be a decision tonight does
years and there are still means to call for a vote. not follow proper protocol.
some things that remain. Im concerned that This is strictly to override
In order to get those things council members are a veto because the mayor
taken care of, were looking making a deliberate effort decided he wanted to stand
for five volunteers to join to stack this committee in the way. He will probably
us in looking through the and bias it from the very want to stand in the way a
charter. beginning, Terry said. lot once these things start
On July 6, city council A special-call meeting to [being completed].
Review of the Clarkston City
unanimously voted in Charter has been under debate override Terrys veto was Members of the public
favor of appointing former by Mayor Ted Terry and various called July 19, at which informed council and
councilman Warren council members since January
2017. Photo submitted. council informed Terry they Terry that they were tired
Hadlock, former mayor wished to proceed with of personal bickering
Emanuel Ransom, Brian applicants who applied on at meetings rather than
Medford and Susan Hood, time and later appoint a fifth officials behaving like
as well as Moore and deadlineseverything has
a shelf life, Moore said. resident member in August. elected officials. Some also
councilman Mario Williams,
to the committee. We had four people submit Council unanimously voted expressed concern about
during the time period. Ill to override the veto. six committee members
Terry asked council to At the meeting, Terry rather than seven.
consider extending the talk with those members
and my fellow council suggested they use the The Clarkston Charter
deadline at city councils time to elect a fifth member. Review Committee will met
work session to allow for member. The six of us will
decide whether to consider Moore, however, stated for the first time July 25.
the fifth resident to join the committee has chosen
the committee, as two
applicants missed the
deadline by a few days.
Terry called the deadline
arbitrary.
I think the appropriate
thing to do would be to
extend the deadline so
we can at least get five
applicants, Terry said. If
there [are] more than five,
we can have a discussion
about who we need to
pick This charter review is
very controversial in this city.
There are a lot of people
who are unhappy with the
way [the amendment] went
down. In the interests of
transparency, try to have five
people on it.
Moore told Terry,
as committee chair, he
would take the mayors
recommendation into
consideration. Moore said
it is important to proceed
with the charter review
even with six membersto
complete its examination by
November.
We cant conduct
business without
BUSINESS DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 13A

Carrier combines features of

commercial and charter air travel
BY KATHY MITCHELL
FREELANCE REPORTER
An air service that
combines features of
commercial and charter air
service and bills itself as
VIP jet service, recently
opened its newest office at
DeKalb Peachtree Airport
(PDK). Although Ultimate
Air Shuttle has been
operating out of PDK since
March, the company held
its ribbon cutting and grand
opening July 17 with airline
officials, Chamblee city
officials and representatives
of the DeKalb Chamber
of Commerce on hand to
celebrate.
Ultimate started in 1984
as a charter service catering
primarily to corporations
and sports teams. In 2009,
the company began offering
a shuttle service between
Cincinnati and New York
City. It later expanded to
include Cleveland, Chicago
and Charlotte, N.C. In
March, the air service came
to Atlanta.
As at its other
destinations, the Atlanta
service uses a regional
airport rather than a large
international onein this
case, the second busiest
airport in Georgia, PDK.
For most of our customers
this is a more convenient
destination than the main
airport [Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport]. If
youre going to downtown
Atlanta or Buckhead, for
example, getting there
from here is quick and
simple, said Rick Pawlak,
managing director of
Cincinnati-based Ultimate
Air Shuttle.
Our planes have 30
seats, which makes us
general aviation and means
we operate under different
rules from those that
regulate large commercial
carriers, Pawlak continued.
Its like a charter service
that you book one seat at a
time.
Unlike typical charter
services, however, Ultimate
Air Shuttle operates on a
published schedule with
seats available to the
general public.
At present, service to
and from Atlanta involves
two destinationsboth
in OhioCincinnati and
Cleveland. Our next
destination will be Charlotte,
N.C., which we expect to
open up before the end of
the year, Pawlak said. We
dont know what will come
after that. Our expansion
plans are always customer
driven. We actually canvass
our customer base to see
what their needs are. You
dont see that very often.
Pawlak said that in
addition to establishing
new destinations, Ultimate
is exploring increasing
the number of flights each
day where warranted by
demand.
This business is built
on relationships. We
know what people want
whether thats a simple,
hassle-free reservation
and check-in process or
premium onboard snacks.
Our goal is to provide a
flight experience thats
comparable to what
discerning private charter
clients expect with the ease
of purchasing an airline
ticket. We may be new to
Atlanta, but were not new
to aviation, he said.
While Ultimate Air is
promoted primarily for
business travel, officials say
its also a good choice for
those who want to attend
a sports event or take a
mini vacation. Right now,
85 percent of our business
is business travel, but as
more people experience us
we expect a more diverse
mix. A customer who uses
us for a business trip may
have such an enjoyable
experience that he or she
decides to use Ultimate for
leisure travel, Pawlak said.
For a business traveler,
especially, time is money
and thats one thing thats
great about uswe save
you time, he said. There
are no long security lines,
no complex check-in
system, no long walk from
parking to the gate. You
can check in as late as 15
minutes before the flight.
Pawlak said flexibility is
another reason for choosing
Ultimate. We know that
things happen quickly in
business. An executive
can learn in the morning
that he or she needs to
be in Cleveland in the
afternoon. The person may
have originally planned
to complete the business
in a day but discovers he
needs to stay over another
dayno problem. There
are no charges for schedule
changes and our fares are
always the same. You pay
the same whether you book
six weeks out or an hour
before takeoff.

STONE MOUNTAIN CALL FOR A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION

VILLAGE PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY-WIDE YARD CITY OF STONE MOUNTAIN
SALE
922 Main St. The City of Stone Mountain will hold a general Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with O.C.G.A
(behind Gazebo) municipal election for Mayor and for three (3) Council 21-2-9(c), a general municipal election shall be held in the
Sat., Sept. 23, 2017 Member seats on November 7, 2017 for four-year City of Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, on November 7,
8:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 2017 to fill the office Mayor and of three (3) Council
Setup begins 7:30 a.m. on terms. All persons desiring to run for any of these
the day of sale offices shall qualify at City Hall located at 875 Main Member seats for four-year terms.
For info. call City Hall Street, Stone Mountain, GA, 30083. The qualifying
All persons who are not registered to vote and who desire
770-498-8984 period shall begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August
to register to vote in the general municipal election may
22, 2017 and end at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August register with the DeKalb County Board of Elections and
24, 2017. The qualifying fee for the office Mayor will Voter Registration, 4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300,
be $360 and for the office of Council Member will be Decatur, GA 30032 through the close of business on
$108.00. The qualifying fee must be paid during the Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Polls will be open from 7:00
qualifying period. a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.
 This statement is published in accordance with Section 19 (b) of the DeKalb County Organizational Act of 1981, p. 4304.

DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION BY FUND

As of June 30, 2017
(In thousands of dollars / unaudited)

Drug Abuse Law Enforcement Speed Emergency Special Tax Special Tax
PEG Foreclosure Victim Juvenile Treatment Confiscated Street Hump Telephone Grant- Grants Grants Designated District
General Development Support County Jail Registry Assistance Recreation Services & Education Monies Lights Maintenance System In-Aid 2005 JAG #10 2009 ARRA Fire Services Unincorporated
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
100 201 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 215 250 257 260 270 271 272
Assets:
Cash and investments (25,774) 9,449 1,207 - 229 507 276 58 206 6,041 (208) 1,078 1,927 3,231 (599) (1) (21,756) (10,318) 2,988
Receivable 15,643 - - - - - - - 671 372 17 1,263 4,536 153 - 3,604 2,070 27,887
LOCAL
Inventories and prepaid items 1,647 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total Assets (8,484) 9,449 1,207 - 229 507 276 58 206 6,712 164 1,095 3,190 7,767 (446) (1) (18,152) (8,248) 30,875

Liabilities:
Accounts payable 14,942 115 259 - 7 - 18 - - 240 38 3 253 797 6 1,320 916 834
Deferred revenue 4,797 2 - - - - - - - 121 - - 565 9,349 153 - 1,205 709 27,990
Payroll liabilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Advance payments and deposits 233 1,711 - - - - - - - 551 - - - - - - - - 52
Notes payable -
Due to others 457 - - - - - - - - 1,184 - - - - - - - - (15)
Other Accrued Liabilities -
Total Liabilities 20,429 1,828 259 - 7 - 18 - - 2,096 38 3 818 10,146 159 - 2,525 1,625 28,861

Fund Balance (28,913) 7,621 948 - 222 507 258 58 206 4,616 126 1,092 2,372 (2,379) (605) (1) (20,677) (9,873) 2,014

Total Liabilities And Fund Balance (8,484) 9,449 1,207 - 229 507 276 58 206 6,712 164 1,095 3,190 7,767 (446) (1) (18,152) (8,248) 30,875
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hotel / Rental Motor Capital Public Building Urban ARRA GO Bonds
Motel Vehicle Excise 1987 G O 1998 1993 2001 G O 2006 G O Host Capital Improvement COPS Safety Authority Redevelopement HUD Section Capital Debt STD
Hospital Police Services Tax Tax Bonds - Parks Bonds - Jail Bonds - Health Bonds - Parks Bonds - P,T,L Projects Projects Projects Judicial Facilities Juvenile Court Agency 108 Loan Projects Service Debt Service
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund
273 274 275 280 311 312 313 314 315 330 350 351 354 355 356 357 360 410 411
Assets:
Cash and investments (11,878) (15,616) 2,804 846 - - - 14,575 17,657 (451) 51,798 15,077 - - 522 1,627 - 1,536 (3,305)
Receivable 1,145 5,226 487 45 - - - - - - 2,238 - - - - - - 517 318
Inventories and prepaid items - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (10,906) -
Total Assets (10,733) (10,390) 3,291 891 - - - 14,575 17,657 (451) 54,036 15,077 - - 522 1,627 - (8,853) (2,987)

Liabilities:
Accounts payable - 2,651 324 - - - - 189 401 20 1,737 565 - - - 1,597 - - -
Deferred revenue 405 1,731 - - - - - - - - 2,233 - - - - - - 213 293
Payroll liabilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Advance payments and deposits - - - - - - 21 94 - 683 448 - - 74 149 - - -
Notes payable -
Due to others - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Accrued Liabilities
Total Liabilities 405 4,382 324 - - - - 210 495 20 4,653 1,013 - - 74 1,746 - 213 293

Fund Balance (11,138) (14,772) 2,967 891 - - - 14,365 17,162 (471) 49,383 14,064 - - 448 (119) - (9,066) (3,280)

Total Liabilities And Fund Balance (10,733) (10,390) 3,291 891 - - - 14,575 17,657 (451) 54,036 15,077 - - 522 1,627 - (8,853) (2,987)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Building Public Safety Urban Water & Water & Water & Water & Sanitation
Authority Bonds Judicial Facilities Redevelopment Sewer Sewer Bonds Sewer Sewer Sanitation Sanitation ARRA Capital Airport Airport Stormwater Stormwater Vehicle Vehicle Risk Workers Total
Debt Service Debt Service Debt Service Operating Construction R&E Sinking Operating Construction Projects Operating Construction Utility Construction Maintenance Replacement Management Compensation All
Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Funds
412 413 414 511 512 513 514 541 542 544 551 552 581 582 611 621 631 632
Assets:
Cash and investments 1,639 333 44 45,293 312,846 341,214 113,631 (13,413) 3,087 7,402 2,634 24,799 8,075 6,047 2,665 64,391 24,153 12,836 1,032,264
Receivable - - - 47,892 - - - 5,142 - - 242 - 2,002 543 - - - 87,617
Inventories and prepaid items - - - 4,980 - 2,332 - - - - - - - - 1,288 - 1,863 - 12,110
Non-Current Assets 1,827 (4,654) (2,827)
Total Assets 1,639 333 44 98,165 312,846 345,373 113,631 (8,271) - 3,087 - 7,402 - 2,876 - 24,799 - 10,077 - 6,590 - 3,953 - 59,737 - 26,016 - 12,836 - 1,129,164

Liabilities:
Accounts payable - - - 9,313 24,605 3,733 10,295 1,589 286 - 53 979 397 85 1,260 785 11,494 6 89,042
Deferred revenue - - - 121 - - - - - - - 298 - - - - 19,775
Payroll liabilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Advance payments and deposits - - - 266 1,414 8,223 - - 102 - 69 195 5 - - - - - 14,238
Notes payable - 5,114 5,114
Due to others - - - 10,086 - 523 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12,250
Other Accrued Liabilities 2,525 1,817 102 427 566 18,754 - 13,994 38,185
Total Liabilities - - - 22,311 26,019 12,479 10,295 3,406 5,502 - 224 1,174 1,127 85 1,826 19,539 11,494 14,000 178,604

Fund Balance 1,639 333 44 75,854 286,827 332,894 103,336 (11,677) (2,415) 7,402 2,652 23,625 8,950 6,505 2,127 40,198 14,522 (1,164) 950,560

Total Liabilities And Fund Balance 1,639 333 44 98,165 312,846 345,373 113,631 (8,271) 3,087 7,402 2,876 24,799 10,077 6,590 3,953 59,737 26,016 12,836 1,129,164
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

General Fund 100 Grant-In-Aid Fund 250 2001 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 314 Urban Redevelopment Agency Bond Debt Service Fund 414
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual
Property Taxes 198,270 22,895 Contributions from private sources 1,850 (100) Investment income 8,655 - Investment income - -
Sales Taxes 53,223 30,176 Intergovernmental (13,678) 3,127 Intergovernmental (277) - Miscellaneous 662 77
Other Taxes 4,537 1,391 Miscellaneous (4,068) 514 Contributions from private sources (183) - Fund Balance Carried Forward 150 150
Licenses and permits - - Transfers From Other Funds (3,294) 1,390 Transfers From Other Funds (34) - Total Revenues 812 227
Intergovernmental 1,221 (16) Fund Balance Carried Forward 4,994 4,994 Proceeds from sale of bonds (38) - Expenditures:
Charges for Services 47,803 23,423 Total Revenues (14,196) 9,925 Miscellaneous (1,525) - Debt Service 727 183
Fines and Forfeitures 10,780 5,276 Expenditures: Fund Balance Carried Forward 14,886 14,886 Transfers out - -
Investment income 211 316 General Government: Total Revenues 21,484 14,886 Unappropriated 85 -
Miscellaneous 4,544 2,614 Finance - - Expenditures: Total Expenditures 812 183
Transfers From Other Funds 4,183 652 Workforce Development 367 2,548 Capital Projects 41,503 594
Proceeds of general long-term liabilitie - Civil and Criminal Court System: Fund Expenditures - (73) Water & Sewer Operating Fund 511
Fund Balance Carried Forward 42,369 42,369 Sheriff 384 21 Unappropriated (20,019) 2017 2017
Total Revenues 367,141 129,096 Juvenile Court 3,240 756 Total Expenditures 21,484 521 Revenues: Budget Actual
Expenditures: Superior Court 5,159 549 Investment income - 523
General Government: State Court 58 32 2006 G O Bonds - Parks, Transportation, Libraries Fund 315 Charges for Services 242,555 117,810
Chief Executive Officer 3,759 1,529 Solicitor 1,426 168 2017 2017 Fines and Forfeitures -
Board of Commissioners 3,643 1,513 District Attorney 668 567 Revenues: Budget Actual Miscellaneous 163 26
Law Department 4,886 2,731 Public Defender 2 - Investment income (6,909) - Transfers From Other Funds 429 -
Ethics 504 173 Magistrate Court 1,759 153 Intergovernmental Revenue (64) - Fund Balance Carried Forward 75,853 75,853
Geographic Information 2,619 1,057 Police Services 4,818 585 Transfers From Other Funds (3,285) - Total Revenues 319,000 194,212
Risk Management - - Fire & Rescue 676 14 Contributions from private sources (4,255) - Expenditures:
Facilities Managemen 15,839 7,659 Public Works - - Proceeds from sale of bonds (3,285) - Finance 11,172 4,348
Purchasing 3,216 1,527 Community Development 8,946 3,644 Fund Balance Carried Forward 20,064 20,064 Water and Sewer 145,399 67,002
Human Resources & Merit System 3,983 1,766 Parks 2,964 20 Total Revenues 2,266 20,064 Fund Expenditures - -
Information Systems 23,670 9,277 Extension Service - - Expenditures: Interfund transfers 101,583 47,008
Finance 6,865 3,062 Family & Children Services (101) - Parks 24,323 1,510 Unappropriated 60,846
Property Appraisa 5,644 2,608 Sanitation 26 - Library 7,041 1,034 Total Expenditures 319,000 118,358
Tax Commissioner 8,420 3,732 Economic Development 200 - Transportation (3,481) 358
Registrar and Elections 2,868 932 Fleet Maint. - - Fund Expenditures -
Civil and Criminal Court System: Animal Control - - Unappropriated (25,617) Water & Sewer Bonds Construction Fund 512
Sheriff 83,445 41,223 Bd of Health 2 - 2,266 2,902 2017 2017
Juvenile Court 7,304 3,586 Sr Citizen Services 5,432 1,657 Revenues: Budget Actual
Superior Court 9,794 4,704 Human Services 170 768 Host Capital Projects Fund 330 Investment Income - 726
Clerk Superior Cour 7,642 3,773 Keep Dekalb Beautiful 33 - 2017 2017 Proceeds from sale of bonds (17,477) -
State Court 15,970 7,802 Arts, Culture, and Entertainment - - Revenues: Budget Actual Fund Balance Carried Forward 336,805 336,805
Solicitor State Cour 7,636 3,693 Registrar/Elections - - Investment Income 335 - Total Revenues 319,328 337,531
District Attorney 14,087 7,320 Water & Sewer 521 - Intergovernmental (9,793) - Expenditures:
Child Advocate 2,731 1,286 Non-Departmental 87 Deferred Revenue - - Capital Projects 281,966 50,704
Probate Court 1,953 866 Fund Expenditures (124) Transfers From Other Funds 313 - Unappropriated 37,362
Medical Examine 2,548 1,145 Miscellaneous (5) - Fund Balance Carried Forward (242) (242) 319,328 50,704
Public Defender 9,411 4,632 Unappropriated (51,028) 946 Total Revenues (9,387) (242)
Magistrate Court 3,588 1,786 Total Expenditures (14,196) 12,304 Expenditures: Water & Sewer R & E Fund 513
Public Safety: Capital Projects 41,036 229 2017 2017
Public Safety Admin & Communications - - Grants/2005 JAG #10 Fund 257 Unappropriated (50,423) Revenues: Budget Actual
Animal Contro 13 11 2017 2017 (9,387) 229 Investment income 15,857 -
Police 8,434 3,718 Revenues: Budget Actual Miscellaneous (46) -
Fire & Rescue - 25 Investment income 2 - Transfers From Other Funds (220,854) 13,890
Planning & Development 1,777 837 Intergovernmental Revenu 412 (127) Fund Balance Carried Forward 349,166 349,166
Public Works: Transfers From Other Funds 122 25 Total Revenues 144,123 363,056
Directors Office 719 271 Deferred Revenue - - Expenditures:
Economic Development 205 51 Fund Balance Carried Forward (346) (346) Capital Projects 144,410 30,162
Public Services - Library 17,227 8,482 Total Revenues 190 (448) Unappropriated (287) -
Health and Human Services: Expenditures: 144,123 30,162
Extension Services 905 355 Police 602 157
Public Board of Health 4,256 2,128 Unappropriated (412) - Water & Sewer Sinking Fund 514
Community Service Board 2,084 1,042 Total Expenditures 190 157 2017 2017
Family and Children Services 1,278 639 Revenues: Budget Actual
Human and Community Developmen 3,948 1,781 2009 ARRA Stimulus Fund 260 Investment income - 17
Citizen Help Center 549 103 2017 2017 Miscellaneous - -
Capital Improvement Revenues: Budget Actual Transfers From Other Funds 66,045 33,007
CIP - - PropertyTaxes - - Proceeds from sale of bonds - -
GO Bonds - Parks - - Sales Taxes - - Fund Balance Carried Forward 90,909 90,909
Non-Departmental 4,461 1,779 Investment income - - Total Revenues 156,954 123,933
Debt Service 8,000 2,161 Intergovernmental Revenue (9,938) - Expenditures:
Grants - Transfer from Other Funds 299 - Debt Service - -
Fund Expenditures - - Fund Balance Carried Forward (1) (1) Fund Expenditures 66,045 20,597
Unappropriated 42,359 2,792 Total Revenues (9,640) (1) CIP - -
Transfers To Other Funds 18,901 12,452 Expenditures: Unappropriated 90,909
Total Expenditures 367,141 158,009 Workforce Developmen 1,295 - Total Expenditures 156,954 20,597
Non-Departmental (10,935)
Total Expenditures (9,640) -
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 Development Fund 201 Fire Fund 270 Capital Improvement Project Fund 350 Sanitation Operating Fund 541
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual
Revenues: Property Taxes 54,832 3,464 Intergovernmenta 25,439 435 Investment income - -
Licenses and Permits 8,153 4,525 Sales Taxes 11,730 6,651 Investment Income 434 - Charges for Services 64,902 14,593
Investment income - - Other Taxes - - Contributions from private sources (126) 31 Transfers From Other Funds - -
Miscellaneous (7) - Intergovernmental Revenue 52 Miscellaneous 3,555 - Miscellaneous 30 4
Charges for Services 453 234 Transfers To Other Funds 141 71 Charges for Services (567) 310 Fund Balance Carried Forward 5,102 5,102
Transfers To Other Funds - - Charges for Services 647 306 Transfers From Other Funds 21,312 21,340 Total Revenues 70,034 19,699
Fund Balance Carried Forward 5,838 5,838 Miscellaneous 3 2 Fund Balance Carried Forward 36,971 36,971 Expenditures:
Total Revenues 14,437 10,597 Fund Balance Carried Forward 507 507 Total Revenues 87,018 59,087 Finance - -
Total Revenues 67,912 11,001 Expenditures: Sanitation 64,915 29,877
Expenditures: Expenditures: Board Commissioners - - Interfund Transfers 1,586 1,500
Planning & Development 7,101 2,722 Public Safety-Police - - GIS 131 - Fund Expenditures - (1)
Public Works- Director's Office - 7 Public Safety-Fire 59,901 28,604 Facilities Management 15,532 907 Unappropriated 3,533 -
Interfund Transfers 247 247 Non-Departmenta 5,223 2,674 Fleet Maintenance 460 - Total Expenditures 70,034 31,376
Unappropriated 7,089 - Debt Service 281 140 Information System 6,452 299
LOCAL

14,437 2,976 Interfund Transfers 260 260 Finance 606 73 Sanitation Construction Fund 542
Unappropriated 2,247 - Clerk Superior Court 369 560 2017 2017
PEG Support Fund 203 Total Expenditures 67,912 31,678 Sheriff 3,138 - Revenues: Budget Actual
2017 2017 Police 2,818 - Intergovernmental 615 -
Revenues: Budget Actual Special Tax - Designated Services Fund 271 Library 5,724 93 Contributions from private sources 1,200
Investment income - - 2017 2017 Transportation 31,866 83 Transfers From Other Funds 33,823 1,500
Miscellaneous 120 108 Revenues: Budget Actual Property Appraisa 506 176 Fund Balance Carried Forward (2,664) (2,664)
Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,438 1,438 Property Taxes 25,224 1,956 Host Capital Outlay 47,134 5,159 Total Revenues 32,974 (1,164)
Total Revenues 1,558 1,546 Sales Taxes 6,460 3,662 Road & Drainage 34,806 2,132 Expenditures:
Expenditures: Intergovernmental 25 - Parks 3,679 365 Capital Projects 12,811 1,251
PEG Support 1,558 598 Investment income - Planning & Development 3,605 331 Interfund Transfers - -
Unappropriated - - Contributions from private sources - - Community Development 200 43 Unappropriated 20,163
1,558 598 Charges for Services 711 381 Economic Developmen 214 - Total Expenditures 32,974 1,251
Miscellaneous 168 93 Extension Service 4 -
County Jail Fund 204 Transfers From Other Funds 10,947 4,244 Non-Departmenta 12,455 - Sanitation ARRA Capital Projects Fund 544
2017 2017 Fund Balance Carried Forward 2,443 2,443 Fire 1,456 132 2017 2017
Revenues: Budget Actual Total Revenues 45,978 12,779 DFACS - Revenues: Budget Actual
Expenditures: Fund Expenditures - (649) Intergovernmental - -
Intergovernmental 118 51 Public Safety - Police - 9 Unappropriated (84,137) Interfund Transfers (12,339) -
Fines and forfeitures 1,152 571 Public Works - Transportation 3,140 914 Total Expenditures 87,018 9,704 Fund Balance Carried Forward 7,402 7,402
Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Public Works - Roads and Drainage 16,594 7,214
Total Revenues 1,270 622 Parks and Recreation 12,227 6,091 COPS Projects Fund 351 Total Revenues (4,937) 7,402
Expenditures: Debt Service 31 16 2017 2017 Expenditures:
Transfers To Other Funds 1,270 622 Non-Departmenta 4,909 3,068 Revenues: Budget Actual Capital Projects 3,061 -
Unappropriated - - Transfers to Other Funds 5,840 5,340 Investment Income 18,739 9 Unappropriated (7,998) -
1,270 622 Unappropriated 3,237 - Miscellaneous - Total Expenditures (4,937) -
Total Expenditures 45,978 22,652 Proceeds from sale of bonds (4,830) -
Foreclosure Registry Fund 205 Fund Balance Carried Forward 18,396 18,396 Airport Operating Fund 551
2017 2017 Special Tax District - Unincorporated Fund 272 Total Revenues 32,305 18,405 2017 2017
Revenues: Budget Actual 2017 2017 Expenditures: Revenues: Budget Actual
Charges for Services 145 67 Revenues: Budget Actual Capital Projects 9,410 4,341 Investment income - -
Miscellaneous - - Charges for Services - Unappropriated 22,895 - Miscellaneous 4,895 2,585
Fund Balance Carried Forward 163 163 Other Taxes 6,589 2,638 32,305 4,341 Interfund Transfers - -
Total Revenues 308 230 Licenses and Permits 18,072 16,078 Fund Balance Carried Forward 5,345 5,345
Expenditures: Investment income 1 3 Public Safety - Judicial Facilities Fund 354 Total Revenues 10,240 7,930
Planning & Development 200 8 Fines and Forfeitures 8,362 4,470 2017 2017 Expenditures:
Unappropriated 108 Miscellaneous (177) (64) Revenues: Budget Actual DeKalb-Peachtree Airpor 2,748 1,278
308 8 Transfers From Other Funds (14,248) (14,236) Investment Income (1,744) - Interfund Transfers 4,000 4,000
Fund Balance Forward 2,014 2,014 Deferred Revenue - - Unappropriated 3,492
Total Revenues 20,613 10,903 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Total Expenditures 10,240 5,278
Victim Assistance Fund 206 Expenditures: Total Revenues (1,744) -
2017 2017 General Government: Expenditures: Airport Construction Fund 552
Revenues: Budget Actual Economic developmen 1,160 437 Capital projects (368) - 2017 2017
Intergovernmenta 420 207 Finance - - Unappropriated (1,376) - Revenues: Budget Actual
Fines and Forfeitures 500 225 State Court 4,489 2,239 (1,744) - Investment income - 2
Fund Balance Carried Forward 84 84 Recorders Court - 9 Intergovernmental (2,376) -
Total Revenues 1,004 516 Planning & Developmen 1,762 781 Building Authority - Juvenile Court Fund 355 Miscellaneous 1,991 5,699
Expenditures: Non-Departmental 1,674 873 2017 2017 Interfund Transfers 663 4,000
Victim Assistance 74 9 Fund Expenditures 6 Revenues: Budget Actual Fund Balance Carried Forward 16,359 16,359
Transfers To Other Funds 930 - Transfers From Other Funds 370 400 Investment income (56) - Total Revenues 16,637 26,060
Unappropriated - - Unappropriated 11,158 4,144 Proceeds of long-term Liabilities 1,261 - Expenditures:
Total Expenditures 1,004 9 Total Expenditures 20,613 8,889 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Capital Projects 44,543 2,435
Total Revenues 1,205 - Unappropriated (27,906)
Hospital Fund 273 Expenditures: 16,637 2,435
Recreation Fund 207 2017 2017 Capital projects 789 -
2017 2017 Revenues: Budget Actual Unappropriated 416 - Stormwater Utility Fund 581
Revenues: Budget Actual Property Taxes 15,764 1,208 1,205 - 2017 2017
Investment income - - Sales Taxes 4,027 2,283 Revenues: Budget Actual
Charges for Services 879 444 Intergovernmental 68 - Investment income 3 -
Miscellaneous - 2 Interfunds 2,482 - Urban Redevelopment Agency Fund 356 Charges for Services 14,550 733
Fund Balance Carried Forward 229 229 Proceeds of general long term liabilities - 2017 2017 Miscellaneous - - #
Total Revenues 1,108 675 Transfers From Other Funds - - Revenues: Budget Actual Fund Balance Carried Forward 15,735 15,735 #
Expenditures: Fund Balance Carried Forward (1,083) (1,083) Investment income - 5 Total Revenues 30,288 16,468 #
Parks and Recreation 1,108 417 Total Revenues 21,258 2,408 Miscellaneous - - Expenditures: #
Unappropriated - - Expenditures: Fund Balance Carried Forward 578 578 Stormwater Utilities 23,511 7,062 #
1,108 417 Health and Welfare-Hospita 20,501 13,546 Total Revenues 578 583 Interfund Transfers 2,500 456 #
Fund expenditures - Expenditures: Unappropriated 4,277
Unappropriated 757 - Capital projects 853 135 Total Expenditures 30,288 7,518
21,258 13,546 Unappropriated (275)
578 135

Juvenile Services Fund 208 Police Services Fund 274 HUD Section 108 Loan Fund 357 Stormwater Utility Construction Fund 582
2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual Revenues: Budget Actual
Investment income - - Property Taxes 53,836 5,164 Intergovernmental (7,817) - Contributions from private sources 187 -
Charges for Services 49 34 Sales Taxes 16,706 9,472 Investment income - 5 Intergovernmental (133) -
Fund Balance Carried Forward 45 45 Other Taxes 27,255 - Miscellaneous 9,100 - Charge for Services 186 -
Total Revenues 94 79 Licenses and Permits 416 201 Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,686 1,686 Interfund Transfers - -
Expenditures: Charges for Services 476 232 Total Revenues 2,969 1,691 Fund Balance Carried Forward 7,432 7,432
Unappropriated 94 21 Miscellaneous 280 143 7,672 7,432
94 21 Transfers From Other Funds 10,399 11,362 Capital projects 3,569 1,810 Expenditures:
Fund Balance Carried Forward 7,253 7,253 Unappropriated (600) - Capital Projects 17,962 927
Total Revenues 116,621 33,827 2,969 1,810 Unappropriated (10,290)
Drug Abuse Treatment & Education Fund 209 Expenditures: 7,672 927
2017 2017 Non-departmental 9,593 4,558 ARRA Capital Projects Fund 360
Revenues: Budget Actual Police Services 95,536 43,026 2017 2017 Vehicle Maintenance Fund 611
Investment income - - Debt Service 475 237 Revenues: Budget Actual 2017 2017
Fines and Forfeitures 215 103 Interfund Transfers 2,685 778 Investment income - - Revenues: Budget Actual
Fund Balance Carried Forward 181 181 Unappropriated 8,332 - Intergovernmental (315) - Intergovernmental 200 77
Total Revenues 396 284 116,621 48,599 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Charges for Services 28,997 15,030
Expenditures: Total Revenues (315) - Miscellaneous - 445
Health and Welfare 396 78 Hotel / Motel Tax Fund 275 Expenditures: Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,692 1,692
Unappropriated - 2017 2017 Capital projects 34 - Total Revenues 30,889 17,244
396 78 Revenues: Budget Actual Unappropriated (349) - Expenditures:
Other Taxes 5,400 2,648 (315) - Fleet Maintenance 30,694 14,922
Law Enforcement Confiscated Monies Fund 210 Fund Balance Carried Forward 2,645 2,645 Interfund Transfers 195 195
2017 2017 Total Revenues 8,045 5,293 GO Bonds Debt Service Fund 410 30,889 15,117
Revenues: Budget Actual Expenditures: 2017 2017
Investment Income - 9 Convention Bureau 3,375 1,151 Revenues: Budget Actual Vehicle Replacement Fund 621
Intergovernmental 5,299 180 Transfers To Other Funds 4,339 1,175 Property Taxes 10,903 717 2017 2017
Miscellaneous - (3) Unappropriated 331 - Investment income - - Revenues: Budget Actual
Fund Balance Carried Forward 6,028 6,028 8,045 2,326 Interfund Transfers - - Investment income - -
Total Revenues 11,327 6,214 Proceeds of general long term liabilities - - Charges for Services 27,435 13,183
Expenditures: Rental Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Fund 280 Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,123 1,123 Miscellaneous 900 -
Police - 8 2017 2017 Total Revenues 12,026 1,840 Interfund Transfers - -
Sheriff - - Revenues: Budget Actual Expenditures: Fund Balance Carried Forward 37,790 37,790
District Attorney - - Other Taxes 551 288 Debt Service 11,779 10,906 Total Revenues 66,125 50,973
Transfers To Other Funds - - Investment income - Fund Expenditures - - Expenditures:
Fund Expenditures 4,066 1,590 Miscellaneous - - Unappropriated 247 - Vehicles 48,685 10,675
Unappropriated 7,261 - Fund Balance Carried Forward 625 625 12,026 10,906 Interfund transfers 100 100
Total Expenditures 11,327 1,598 Total Revenues 1,176 913 Unappropriated 17,340
Expenditures: GO Bonds STD Debt Service Fund 411 66,125 10,775
Street Lights Fund 211 Development Authority 706 22 2017 2017
2017 2017 Unappropriated 470 - Revenues: Budget Actual Risk Management Fund 631
Revenues: Budget Actual 1,176 22 Taxes 7,196 126 2017 2017
Sales Taxes - - Investment income - - Revenues: Budget Actual
Investment income - - 1987 G O Bonds - Parks Fund 311 Proceeds of general long term liabilitie - - Charges for Services 10,080 4,846
Miscellaneous - 2017 2017 Fund Balance Carried Forward (120) (120) Miscellaneous - -
Charges for Services 4,615 169 Revenues: Budget Actual Total Revenues 7,076 6 Interfund Transfers - -
Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,977 1,977 Investment income (19) - Expenditures: Payroll deductions and matches 93,000 46,496
Total Revenues 6,592 2,146 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Debt Service 6,680 3,286 Fund Balance Carried Forward 13,502 13,502
Expenditures: Total Revenues (19) - Transfers out 396 - Total Revenues 116,582 64,844
Public Works-Transportation 6,139 2,020 Expenditures: Total Expenditures 7,076 3,286 Expenditures:
Unappropriated 453 - Capital Projects - - Risk Management 103,676 50,322
6,592 2,020 Unappropriated (19) - Building Authority Revenue Bonds Debt Service Fund 412 Interfund Transfers - -
Total Expenditures (19) - 2017 2017 Unappropriated 12,906
Speed Humps Maintenance Fund 212 Revenues: Budget Actual Total Expenditures 116,582 50,322
2017 2017 Investment income - -
Revenues: Budget Actual 1998 G O Bonds - Jail Fund 312 Miscellaneous 3,729 1,864 Workers Compensation Fund 632
Charges for Services 300 9 2017 2017 Interfund Transfers - - 2017 2017
Investment income - - Revenues: Budget Actual Fund Balance Carried Forward 54 54 Revenues: Budget Actual
Fund Balance Carried Forward 1,127 1,127 Investment income - - Total Revenues 3,783 1,918 Charges for Services 6,000 3,000
Total Revenues 1,427 1,136 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Expenditures: Miscellaneous - 21
Expenditures: Total Revenues - - Debt Service 3,729 279 Interfund Transfers 1,664
Public Works-Roads & Drainage 329 44 Expenditures: Unappropriated 54 - Fund Balance Carried Forward (1,440) (1,440)
Unappropriated 1,098 - Capital Projects - - 3,783 279 Total Revenues 6,224 1,581
1,427 44 Interfund transfers - - Expenditures:
Unappropriated - - Public Safety Judicial Facilites Authority Debt Service Fund 413 Non-Departmental 6,224 2,745
Emergency Telephone System Fund 215 Total Expenditures - - 2017 2017 Unappropriated - -
2017 2017 Revenues: Budget Actual 6,224 2,745
Revenues: Budget Actual 1993 G O Bonds - Health Fund 313 Investment income - -
Charges for Services - 6 2017 2017 Miscellaneous 956 478 ALL TAX FUNDS
Investment income - - Revenues: Budget Actual Fund Balance Carried Forward 657 657 2017
Miscellaneous 12,000 4,803 Investment income 3 - Total Revenues 1,613 1,135 Revenues: Budget
Fund Balance Carried Forward 5,678 5,678 Fund Balance Carried Forward - - Expenditures: Taxes, Service Charges, Income & Transfers 604,670
Total Revenues 17,678 10,487 Total Revenues 3 - Debt Service 1,613 802 Fund Balance Carried Forward (1,018)
Expenditures: Expenditures: Transfers out - - Fund Balance Carried Forward (for encumbrances) 56,149
Emergency Telephone System 17,678 8,115 Capital Projects - - Total Expenditures 1,613 802 Total Revenues 659,801
Unappropriated - - Interfund transfers - - Expenditures:
Total Expenditures 17,678 8,115 Unappropriated 3 - Approved Budget 603,652
Total Expenditures 3 - Encumbrances rolled forward from 2016 56,149
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Total Appropriations 659,801

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According to DCSD spokesman Andre Riley, no venue exists in DeKalb County that can host more DeKalb County School District will hold an event titled DeKalb Schools Convocation 2017 on Aug. 4 at the
than 13,000 people. However, the districts website indicates that James R. Hallford Stadium at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, costing the district $100,000. Photo submitted.

A $100,000 DAY
Clarkston High School can hold 15,600 people. Photo submitted.

Focused on fellowship and celebration

BY R. SCOTT BELZER
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
DeKalb County School District
(DCSD) will host a mandatory, start-
of-the-school-year convocation
event for employees for the first
time in 15 years, according to an
email made public earlier in July.
According to the email, the
DeKalb Schools Convocation
2017 will be held on Aug. 4 at the
Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth.
The Gwinnett County arena, which
can house 13,000 attendees,
is approximately 17 miles from
DCSDs central office.
According to DCSDs 2017
budget, the convocation will cost
the district approximately $100,000,
a fee that includes staging the
event and busing employees.
DCSD director of strategic
communications Andre Riley said
the venue was chosen because
of its size as well as the districts
desire to house all staff.
Its one of the few facilities
near [the district] in greater Atlanta
that could host more than 13,000
people, or nearly all of our staff,
Riley said. There are no facilities
in DeKalb County large enough to
host the majority of our staff.
According to DCSDs website,
James R. Hallford Stadium near
Clarkston High School has a
capacity of 15,600.
DCSD has faced similar
problems involving event venues
graduation ceremonies. The district
spent $200,000 for audio, video and
staging services at its most recent
graduation season.
Riley said DCSD will also
provide bus transportation to
employees. No information was
given as to where employees will
meet to receive such transportation.
The convocation will be mandatory
for staff members who have
reported back to duty by Aug. 4, as
not all classifications of employees
start back at the same time.
Riley did not provide details
about an event itinerary but said
there will be two speakers, student
and staff performances as well
as fellowship activities. The event
is not open to the public and will
not be streamed on the districts
television station (PDS-TV24) or
Facebook.
According to the email, the
convocation will be a time for
employees to celebrate, educate,
motivate and dedicate [themselves]
to a new school year.
Similarly, Riley said the purpose
of the convocation is to set the
tone for the upcoming school year.
The primary reason for the
convocation is to fellowship and
celebrate [district] achievements
and to provide important information
about the goals and outcomes of
the district, Riley said.

City Schools of Decatur to increase lunch prices

District expects
to net $80,000
in revenue
Students at City
Schools of Decatur (CSD)
can expect to pay $0.25
more per lunch in August
following board of education
approval July 18.
A $0.25 increase at
CSD schools will mean
elementary school lunches
will cost $2.75. Middle
and high school lunches
will cost $3. According
to CSD school nutrition
director Allison Goodman,
the increase will result in
approximately $80,000 in
general revenue increases.
Goodman said the
increase in lunch prices
will decrease the nutrition
programs dependence in
the price of a student paid
lunch until we reach the
CSDs general fund, which
officials expect to have $66
million in expenditures for
the 2017-2018 school year.
According to the budget,
the general fund will
dedicate $895,242 of that
$66 million to the district
nutrition program during the
upcoming school year.
In accordance with the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids
Act of 2010, school districts
must charge less than the
difference between federal
reimbursements to those
eligible for free or reduced-
price lunches. That amount
for the 2016-2017 school
year was $2.86.
City Schools of Decatur
had a weighted average
price of $2.59 in 2016-2017
so we are required to raise
amount of $2.86, school
officials state. Raising
lunch prices will bring us up
to the required paid price.
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BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
The 2016 high school football
season was a season of firsts for a
few DeKalb County teams.
Cedar Grove won its first state
championship in program history.
Arabia Mountain won its first
region title, clinched its first playoff
appearance and won its first playoff
game. Miller Grove clinched its first
playoff appearance and Lakeside
went 4-1 after the first five games
of the season, its best start in many
years.
However, not all the firsts
were good. St. Pius X had its
first losing season during Coach
Paul Standards 16-year tenure.
Standard discussed the difficult
2016 season at the annual DeKalb
County Football Media Day at
Tucker High School on July 20.
Obviously it was tough because
that was our first time having
a losing season in 16 years,
Standard said. We had some
things happen, some injuries, but
the greatest thing I was proud of
was our kids, last year, that carried
over to this year was the resiliency
and the leadership that this
returning group has shown.
Standard said his players have
used the disappointment of last
season to fuel them during the
DEKALB FREE PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 Page 18A
Arabian Mountain Clarkston
Chamblee
offseason. growing pains, he said. But we We always learn from our
What weve done in the understand that we set a standard experiences, so hopefully we
offseason has been tremendous, and we want to reach that standard learned our lesson from some
he said. We still have the same and get back to the level we were of the things we experienced
tough schedule, but Im really at last year. last year, he said. Some of it is
proud of how our kids handled that The Tucker Tigers 2016 good growth. You try to build on
and what theyve done. Im looking
forward to the season; were going
to get back on the right track.
The Lakeside Vikings had their
first taste of winning last season
(5-5) since the 2003 season (6-4).
Lakeside started the season 4-1
under first-year head coach Cam
Jones, but struggled when they
faced more region opponents in the
second half of the season.
Despite the disappointing finish,
Jones said he feels good about
where his team is and how theyre
trending.
Its not easy building something
great again, but were on our way,
he said. The kids are working
really hard and we feel good about
the progress weve made so far.
The Arabia Mountain Rams
hope to get to the next level this
season after advancing to the third
round of the 2016 playoffs. But
Coach Stanley Pritchett knows it
wont be easy to get back to where
they were last year with a young season ended with a loss in the where you left off and some of it
team. state championship game. Its an is learning from the mistakes you
A lot of the guys are coming experience Coach Bryan Lamar made and figuring out how to get
back, but were young on defense hopes his players learn and grow better.
so were looking forward to some from.
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Parkview on Peachtree lands first tenants

Seven retail, service providers set for Chamblee move
BY R. SCOTT BELZER
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
Officials representing
Parkview on Peachtree,
Chamblees new mixed-use
retail, restaurant, office and
residential development
located at 5070 Peachtree
Boulevard, announced
its first seven tenants this
month.
Childrens Healthcare
of Atlanta, The Alden, Bad
Daddys Burger Bar, Noire
The Nail Bar, Atlanta Spine
and Wellness, The Piedmont
Bank and Cookie Cutters
Haircuts for Kids will join
Parkview on Peachtree
developers Connolly in
becoming the 45,000 square
foot Chamblee projects
first tenants, according to a
release.
We are being thoughtful
and purposeful in bringing
together retailers,
restaurants and services
that will help redefine the
Chamblee development Parkview on Peachtree named its first
round of business tenants this month, all of which plan to be open
for business by December 2017. Photos submitted.
commercial and residential
footprint of this high-income,
high-density area, said
Connolly CEO Timothy
J.R. Connolly II. In doing
so, were effectively creating
a hub where consumers,
businesses and residents
gravitate and represent the
best of how Atlantans want
to live and work.
According to the release,
Childrens Healthcare of
Atlanta will open its eighth
pediatric urgent care center
at Parkview on Peachtree,
the first inside the Atlanta
perimeter. The 10,000
salads, appetizers and
sandwiches. This will be the
first location in Georgia, with
others already in Colorado
as well as North and South
Carolina.
Noire the Nail Bar will
be a 3,000-square-foot
manicure, pedicure and
waxing salon. Another
location also exists in
Dacula.
Financial services will
square foot facility will have
be offered by The Piedmont
12 exam rooms and two
Bank, designed to serve
procedure rooms.
the needs of businesses
The Alden will be a
and residents of [the]
2,275-square-foot updscale-
community, according to
casual restaurant with an
its website. With branches
open kitchen design and
already in Norcross,
full bar. The restaurant will
Lawrenceville, Cumming
showcase the talents of chef
and Dunwoody, the
Jeff Hucks of Dogwood
3,600-square-foot location
Table.
in Chamblee will be the
Bad Daddys Burger
businesss first inside the
Bar is advertised as a
Atlanta perimeter.
3,700-square-foot full-
Cookie Cutters
service, upscale restaurant
Haircuits for Kids will
concept with a chef-driven
open a 1,084-square-foot
menu consisting of burgers,
location at Parkview on
Peachtree. Catering to
children, many locations
feature playground-style
environments and childrens
activities.
According to Connolly,
more tenants will be
announced soon. No
information has been
released about office or
retail applicants.
In addition to 45,000
square feet of retail space,
Parview on Peachtree
officials expect to house
10,000 square feet of office
space and 503 multi-family
apartment units. Residents
will begin moving in on Aug.
1, according to a project
spokesman.
Ground was broken on
Parkview on Peachtree on
May 19, 2016. Developers
expect retail outlets to open
by December 2017.
For more
information, visit www.
parkviewonpeachtree.com.

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