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Vito said each case has to be taken on its merits.

“This is very much an individual borrower-by-borrower situation,” he said.

The pastors also failed to get the Wells Fargo managers to identify the decisionmakers for the monthly auctions.

State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), who is a member of Atlantans Fighting Foreclo-sures, attended the meeting after his arrest protesting the Tuesday auctions.

“Before we got arrested, you told us call the 800 number,” he said. “You directed us to your public relations firm. This ain’t a public relations problem. This a problem of the people we serve. We need decision makers in the room, not nice people.”

Jackson said that current loan modifica-tion programs are not working because 50 percent of modified payments remain the same, and 25 percent go up.

“Right now what the banks are doing is dipping up the ocean one bucket at a time,”

By McKenzie Jackson

Twenty-eight candidates have already qualified for races for the Nov. 3 city elections in Lithonia, Stone Mountain, Clarkston, Pine Lake, Avondale and Decatur and the sitting mayors in Stone Moun-tain and Clarkston are not among them.

When qua l i f y ing closed Thursday, Mayors Gary Peet in Stone Moun-tain and Lee Swaney in Clarkson did not qualify. Both were first elected in 2001 and will leave their posts in December.

In Lithonia, council members Marcus Lloyd, Deborah Jackson and Al Franklin have qualified for re-election. They are being challenged by Wil-liam “Rick” Dodd and political newcomer Has-san Abdullah. The top three vote-getters will win the seats.

Lloyd, a real estate examiner, is complet-ing his eighth year on the council. Jackson, a lawyer, and Franklin, an advertising consul-tant, won special elections in March and are hoping for full four-year terms.

This is the third race for the council for Dodd, a Wayfield supermarket employee. He ran for the council in the March 2009 special election and in 2005. Abdullah is a security worker.

In Stone Mountain, seven candidates qualified for mayor and three council seats.

Mayor pro-tem and city councilwoman Sharon Frierson, councilwoman Beverly Jones, and Patricia “Pat” Wheeler, who was mayor from 1987 to 1997, are looking to

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More than 30 parents of McNair High School’s football players expressed their displeasure over the sudden firing of a coach many said was like a father to team members. 8

The Decatur/DeKalb chapter of 100 Black Women is taking nominations for 10 cancer survivors to be honored at its annual Pink and Black Affair. 7

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A former DeKalb County Re-corder’s Court employee and one of her associates in a scheme to fix traffic tickets are going to jail for a combined 25 years and will pay $21,150 in restitution to the county.

The sentence handed down Wednesday by DeKalb Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker fol-lowed guilty pleads from Charlene Johnson, a former tribunal tech-nician with the court, and Sonia Williams, owner of Glitzy Dazzle clothing store on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain.

The two pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to two counts of violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, also known as RICO.

Johnson, who lives in Conyers,

was sentenced to 20 years to serve 12 months, and was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution.

Williams, who did not violate the public’s trust because she wasn’t a county employee, was sentenced to five years, to serve 30 days. She was ordered to pay $1,150 in res-titution.

In handing down the sentence, Becker noted Johnson’s coopera-tion with the investigation from the moment she was arrested.

Johnson, Williams and six others were arrested in the spring after law enforcement agencies

were tipped off to the ticket-fixing scheme.

The indictments covered the fixing of 30 to 40 tickets and in-volved 171 criminal charges.

Johnson, who used her position at Recorder’s Court to get cases dismissed in exchange for money, admitted to making $20,000 over the three-year period covered by the indictments.

She admitted that she used other people to assist her in find-ing drivers who had traffic tickets issued by DeKalb County.

Williams pleaded guilty to

bringing Johnson tickets for her family members and friends of her family. In exchange, Williams either accepted a finder’s fee or gave Johnson a discount on clothing and other items sold at her store.

District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming applauded the investiga-tive work from DeKalb Police de-tectives and her investigative staff that led to the convictions.

“We are committed to restoring the public’s trust in DeKalb County organizations, ” she said.

The trials of the other six co-defendants are pending.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the Rain-bow Push Coalition want to put a stop to the monthly auctions of homes on courthouse steps across Georgia.

He likened the auction of more than 1,500 homes in Atlanta on Tuesday to a “slave auction.” He said that there has got to be a better way out.

“We should be reclaiming homes every first Tuesday,” Jackson said Tuesday at An-tioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta. “We should be restructuring loans – not repos-sessing homes every first Tuesday.”

At a meeting of pastors in Atlanta after the monthly first Tuesday auctions in Geor-gia’s 159 counties, Jackson said that even though Georgia laws allow people’s homes to be sold on courthouse steps, the practice is inhumane and discriminatory.

“Discrimination might not have been the intent, but it is the result,” he said.

The pastors from Atlanta, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Texas and California held a prayer vigil on Monday at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta to protest the first Tuesday foreclosure sales.

They also met with officials from Wells Fargo bank, which acquired Wachovia Bank, and is a major player in the monthly home auction.

Jackson said that the pastors plan to meet bank by bank. He said that they got Citigroup to withdraw 60 homes from Tuesday’s auction block in Atlanta.

Success was a little more elusive with Wells Fargo, but Jackson said they will con-tinue to meet.

“We are challenging the banks to stop the monthly auctions in Georgia,” he said.

Instead, Rainbow Push Coalition wants banks to choose long-term loan modifica-tion instead of home repossession.

Wells Fargo director of social responsi-bility Jon Campbell, vice president of mort-gage services Michael DaVito, and Atlanta business manager Leonard Walker attended the meeting.

Asked if Wells Fargo is willing to work with homeowners whose home values are now a fraction of their appraised value, Da-

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow Push Coalition, is flanked by pastors at a press conference Tuesday.

he said. “The result is that the hemorrhaging at the bottom is outdistancing modifica-tions.”

Many of the pastors called for a morato-rium on the sale of foreclosed homes.

Jackson said Rainbow Push will be or-ganizing a massive nationwide campaign to stop foreclosures and to push for loan restructuring.

“I intend to engage in litigation, and legislation, and demonstration,” he said. “We are ready to take to the streets. ”

He said they will march on the Federal Reserve Board in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and will mobilize people in Atlanta to be present at the first Tuesday auctions.

At their Oct. 16 and 17 Rainbow Push conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Jackson said they will develop a strategy to address the crumbling economy and the need to restructure it.

“We need a fundamental change – not just a shift,” he said. “When banks see the value of restructuring, not repossessing homes, then we will know that they have seen the light.”

tor. Jackson, 34, is an Atlanta at-torney. Johnson, who turns 30 on Sept. 21, is an East Atlanta businessman. Lewis, 33, a land surveyor, did not

list a party affiliation on his qualify-ing affidavit but said yesterday that he is running as an independent. McPherson, 34, is a lobbyist and former campaign consultant and state Senate chief of staff.

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the controversial former pastor of President Barack Obama, will be in town Sept. 9 and 10 for a two-day revival at Salem Bible Church East and West in Lithonia and Atlanta.

Wright will speak at Salem’s Hillandale campus in Lithonia on Sept. 9 and its Atlanta campus on Baker Road on Sept. 10. Both ser-vices are at 7 pm.

Wright, who is now retired, made headlines during the 2008 presidential campaign for the firery sermons he preached over the 20 years that Obama was a member of his congregation at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Wesley Myrick, a Salem spokes-

person, said the congregation wanted “to hear the word” from the famous preacher.

“Aside from the controversy he is and has been a world-renowned preacher for years,” he said.

Even though Wright, a minister for more than three decades, was retired during the presidential campaign, opponents of Obama, highlighted sound bites from his sermons about America’s treatment of African Americans in attempts to discredit the Democratic Party nominee.

Wright also married Obama and his wife, Michelle, and baptized the couples’ two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

Salem Bible Church East is at 5460 Hillandale Drive, Lithonia. Salem Bible Church West is at 2283 Baker Road in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-792-0303.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright will speak at Salem Bible Church’s two locations in Lithonia and Atlanta.

By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Four Democrats and an inde-pendent candidate have qualified for the Nov. 3 special election to fill the Georgia House District 58 seat that has been vacant since April.

Simone Bell, Asha F. Jackson, Kevin Johnson, Josh Lewis IV and Michael McPherson paid $400 to qualify for the seat vacated by Rob-bin Shipp, who was in the middle of her second term.

Shipp, a Fulton County assistant district attorney, resigned on April

to show photo identification when voting in person. For more infor-mation on photo ID requirements, call 1-877-725-9797 or visit www.GaPhotoID.com.

DeKalb voters can request an absentee ballot from the DeKalb Elections Office through Oct. 30. Absentee ballots must be returned to the county registrar by the close of polls on Election Day. Photo identification is not required when voting by mail. To download an absentee ballot request form, www.sos.ga.gov/elections.

Asha Jackson M. McPhersonKevin Johnson

21 because of a conflict with the Georgia Constitution’s Separation of Powers act between her job as an officer of the courts and her service in the General Assembly.

Bell, 40, is a community educa-

Jackson and Johnson live in Atlanta in DeKalb and the other candidates live in the city of At-lanta. The district covers portions of DeKalb and Atlanta.

The Nov. 3 polls will be open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. except in the city of Atlanta, where polls are open until 8 p.m. A runoff election, if neces-sary, will be Dec. 1.

To vote in the Nov. 3 election, citizens must register by Oct. 5. Voter registration forms can be obtained at https://dklbweb.dekal-bga.org/voter/. Voters are required

succeed Peet. Frierson’s term on the City

Council expires this year, while Jones is giving up council term, which expires in 2011. Council members Susan Coletti and Steve Higgins qualified for re-election and are being challenged by Mann Nash and Robert Smith.

In Clarkston, eight people qualified for races for mayor and the council. The four candidates seeking to to be mayor are city councilwoman Pat Davis-Morris, whose term ends in December, Rosemarie Nelson, Howard Ty-grett and Joyce Wade.

For the three council seats up this year, council member Karen Feltz is seeking re-election, and

Dean Moore, Adam White and Joan Swaney, the mayor’s wife, have qualified. Wayne Foster, whose term ends in December, is not seek-ing re-election.

On Thursday, with a day of qualifying still go, no one had quali-fied for two at-large commissioner seats in Avondale Estates and Mela-nie Hammet was the lone person to qualify for re-election in Pine Lake,

which has three council posts open. Qualifying in Avondale and Pine Lake ends at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

With still a day to go, eight candidates had qualified for races for five seats in the city of Decatur by end of day Thursday.

Eight-year city District 1 Post A councilman Fred Boykin is running for re-election and is being chal-lenged James Radford. Mary Alice

Kemp is not seeking re-election for the District 2 Post A seat. Patti Garrett and R. Kyle Williams have qualified to run for that seat.

School board incumbents Ber-nadette Seals, Marc Wisniewski and Valarie Wilson are all seeking re-election. Robert Pope is chal-lenging Wilson, who is the board chair. Seals and Wisniewski had no challengers as of Thursday.

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Three members of Georgia’s Congressional delegation attended the funeral mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy (below) at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica.

history. During his tenure, he cast 15,235 votes.

The other Georgia Congress-men attending were Civil Rights icon and longtime Kennedy friend Rep. John Lewis, and Sen. Johnny Isakson, who served with Kennedy in the Senate.

Like the rest of the country, Johnson said he was saddened by

The 4th Congressional District was represented at Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy’s Aug. 29 funeral mass in Roxbury, Mass.

Rep. Hank Johnson was one of three mem-bers of Geor-gia’s congressio-nal delegation who attended the funeral mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica.

Kennedy, 77, died Aug. 25 at home in Hyannis Port after a year-long battle with brain cancer.

He was the younger brother of assassinated president John F. Kennedy and presidential candi-date Robert Kennedy. He spent 47 years in the U.S. Senate and was the third longest-serving member in its

Public safety issues will be discussed at the Sept. 10 Pride Rings in Stone Mountain (PRISM) meeting at St. Timothy United Methodist Church.

Guests include William Mill-er, DeKalb public safety director; William O’Brien, DeKalb’s acting police chief, and Maj. A. Lan, acting commander of the Tucker precinct.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. meeting. Admission is free.

St. Timothy United Method-ist is at 5365 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain. For more infor-mation, visit www.prismdekalb.org or call Rosemarie Nelson at 404-502-2090.

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Four Democrats and an independent have qualified for the Nov. 3 special election to fill the House District 58 seat.

Controversial pastor to be at Salem revivals 2

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the contro-versial former pastor of President Barack Obama, will be in town Sept. 9 and 10 for a two-day revival at Salem Bible Church.

Being prepared is key when disaster strikes 5

With hurricane season in full swing and September being National Preparedness Month, the SBA has tips for businesses.

Look at financial planning 5A five-week personal financial planning

series is kicking off Sept. 8 at the DeKalb Extension office.

Gearing up for flu season 6This year’s flu season officially arrives

Sept. 1, but that hasn’t stopped the H1N1 or swine flu from showing up early.

Cancer survivors worthy of honors sought 7

The DeKalb 100 Black Women is now accepting nominations for survivors of breast cancer who will be honored at its fifth annual Pink and Black Affair on Nov. 7.

McNair High parents upset over firing of football coach 8

Football parents at McNair High School are up in arms over the Aug. 27 firing of pop-ular football head coach Roderick Moore.

Decatur native to play hoops with Israeli team 8

Paul Delaney III turned 23 years old on Aug. 30, but his birthday gift came seven days earlier.

Cooking brothers to sign books at mall 9

Television foodies and restaurant owners Jamie and Bobby Deen will be promoting their new cookbook at the Mall at Stonecrest on Sept. 12.

Puppet show to teach kids about health, safety 9

“Captain Healthy and Safety Dog,” which teaches kids about health and safety, is coming to DeKalb Library branches.

Movie series seeks films about Africa, diaspora 9

Inspiring films about Africa and the Afri-can Diaspora are needed by the Sankofa-Spirit’s “Movies with a Mission” film series.

Better health is goal of walk 9Commissioner Larry Johnson’s annual

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Families can have a day in the outdoors on Sept. 13 at Com-

missioner Lee May’s Family Fun Day at the Bransby Out-door YMCA.

May, who represents Dis-trict 5 on the DeKalb Board of Commis-

sioners, is hosting the 3 p.m.-8 p.m. family event.

Activities will include free food, games, swimming, rock climbing, volleyball, horseback riding, kickball and paddleboats in the pond.

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the death of the Massachusetts senator and that it was an honor to personally pay his respects to the family and honor the passing of such a great statesman.

“The history of painful loss in Sen. Kennedy’s family heightened his empathy for all people and shaped his lifelong advocacy for the poor and the sick,” Johnson said.

“It made him a better leader and led to a career as a stalwart for Civil Rights, the poor and health care reform, among many other great causes.” Johnson said Kennedy’s legislative legacy will live on for generations to come.

Efforts are under way to name the health care reform efforts for Kennedy, who called health care “the cause of my life.”

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A five-week personal financial planning series is kicking off Sept. 8 at the DeKalb Extension office.

The first session in the series will be Budget & Money Manage-ment. On Sept. 15, the subject will be investments.

Wills & Estate Planning is up on Sept. 23, Establishing & Managing Credit I will take place on Sept. 29, and Establishing & Managing Credit II on Sept. 30.

Registration begins at 6:15 p.m. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. and

ends at 8:30 p.m. All sessions will be in the

DeKalb Extension’s Training Room, at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur, across from the county jail.

For more information or to pre-register, call 404-298-4080.

Business owners and their friends will tee off on Oct. 5 at the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s fifth Annual Golf Classic at Stone Mountain Golf Course in Stone Mountain Park.

The fee for individual players is $200 each. A portion of proceeds

will benefit the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Foundation that supports local education, economic and entrepreneurship development initiatives and programs.

Since its inception in 1981, the foundation has supported numer-ous DeKalb County education and

economic development efforts. A range of sponsorship opportunities are available.

For more information on spon-sorships or to register, visit http://dekalbchambergolf2009.eventbrite.com, or call Jackie Ginn at 770-845-0602.

With hurricane season in full swing and September being Na-tional Preparedness Month, the U.S. Small Business Administration has tips for business owners to give them the best chance to survive a natural or other disaster.

SBA administrator Karen G. Mills said people have a tendency to think that a larger-scale disaster is not going to happen “where I live.”

“We should all realize that storms, floods, earthquakes, fires and man-made disasters can strike at anytime and anywhere,” she said. “Taking responsibility for your own post-disaster recovery is a good step toward protecting your family, your business and your community.”

Here are some tips:n Develop a solid emergency re-sponse plan. Find evacuation routes and establish meeting places. Make sure everyone understands the plan beforehand.

Keep emergency phone num-bers handy. Business owners should designate a contact person to com-municate with other employees, customers and vendors.

Ask an out-of-state friend, col-league or family member to be a “post-disaster” point of contact.n Make sure you have adequate in-surance coverage – at least enough to rebuild your business or home.

Business and homeowners and should review their policies to see what is or isn’t covered.

Companies should consider business interruption insurance to help cover operating costs during a post-disaster shutdown.

Flood insurance is essential. To find out more about the National Flood Insurance Program, visit www.floodsmart.gov http://www.floodsmart.gov/.n Copy important records.

Back up vital records and in-formation, and store that informa-tion at a distant offsite location in fireproof safe deposit boxes. You should have copies/back ups of important documents ready to take with you if you have to evacuate.

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“Make contingency plans now for your home and workplace needs in the event that you or your family members become ill,” she said.

O’Neal said people should stay tuned to reliable sources of infor-mation about the flu.

President Barack Obama’s ad-ministration has launched www.flu.gov to provide the nation with the most up-to-date information.

Researchers at Emory University are testing a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, which the government expects to have available for adults and children as soon as possible.

President Obama said Tuesday that while swine flu vaccinations will be voluntary, the government will “strongly recommend” that people get it.

The H1N1 vaccine will be in ad-dition to the seasonal flu vaccines that are recommended annually for high-risk individuals and groups – adults older than 50 years, children 6 months to 18 years old, pregnant women, nursing home residents, and patients with chronic medi-cal conditions, weakened immune systems or who have problems breathing or swallowing.

The World Health Organization labeled the H1N1 flu a pandemic in June because of its spread to more than 70 countries. Since it was first identified in Mexico on March 18, it has killed 3,097 people worldwide.

The Emory students, who are in the dorm on a voluntary basis, are not attending classes and are having food delivered to them by

Wellness “Prepare for an increase in the number of individuals affected by the novel H1N1 virus in schools and across businesses.”

Health officials gearing up for flu season complicated by H1N1, seasonal virusesBy McKenzie Jackson

This year’s flu season officially arrives Oct. 1, but that hasn’t stopped the H1N1 or swine flu from showing up early.

This week, Emory University moved about 50 students with swine flu into a sepa-rate dorm, and all over metro Atlanta there are daily reports of adults and children sick with the novel influenza A.

From the federal to state and local levels, health care professionals are bracing for a tough flu season – H1N1 and the seasonal flu – and urging everyone to become very friendly with hand washing and other pre-cautions against the flu.

In a Sept. 1 press release, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) said people should prepare for higher-than-normal absenteeism this fall and winter because more than one seasonal flu virus are circulating.

Since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus this spring, 147 Georgians have been confirmed with the illness through Aug. 26. Statewide, it has killed four people. Nationwide since April, the virus has sickened 7,983 people and killed 541.

DCH said even though the new virus’ severity has not increased, more individuals are likely to be affected because they lack immunity to it.

Dr. Patrick O’Neal, DCH’s director of the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response, said preparation, planning and information are the keys to surviving the season.

“Prepare for an increase in the number of individuals affected by the novel H1N1 virus in schools and across businesses,” he said. “Plan what to do if you, your loved ones or co-workers get sick and have to stay home.”

The DeKalb Board of Health kicked off its 2009-2010 seasonal flu vaccination program on Sept. 1 as part of the state’s “Roll Up Your Sleeve” flu education campaign.

Dr. Rhonda Medows, the state’s Com-missioner and Public Health Director, said knowing where to find reliable and timely information is a key component to ensuring that individuals and families are prepared for flu season.

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March 2009 – First cases of human infection with H1N1 virus reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. All states have since reported cases of H1N1 flu infection in humans.

April 26, 2009 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues a nationwide public health emergency declaration.

June 11, 2009 – the World Health Organization signals a global pandemic of novel influenza A (H1N1). Worldwide pandemic alert raised to Phase 6 to reflect the spread of the new H1N1 virus to more than 70 countries.

July 23, 2009 – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius signs a renewal of the determination that a public health emergency exists.

April to Aug. 26 – The United States continues to report the largest number of novel H1N1 cases of any country worldwide, but most people who have become ill have recovered without requiring medical treatment.

H1N1 timeline

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2008 Pink & Black honorees pose with DeKalb 100 Black Women president Kim Cameron at the fourth annual event.

school workers. Dr. Les Rich-

mond, direc-tor of the De-Kalb Board of Health’s Com-munity Health and Prevention Services, said reaching high-

risk groups with seasonal flu vacci-nations early helps build up natural protection when the influenza season begins.

“This seasonal flu vaccine will protect you against the top three circulating strains of influenza vi-rus,” he said. “However, it will not protect you against novel H1N1.

Flu shots are available weekdays, from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., at all five DeKalb Board of Health centers. The seasonal flu vaccine is $25.

n Clifton Springs Health Center, 3110 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur.

n East DeKalb Health Center, 2277 South Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road, Lithonia.

n Kirkwood Health Center, 30 Warren Street, Atlanta

n T.O. Vinson Health Center, 440 Win Way, Decatur

n North DeKalb Health Center,

3807 Clairemont Road, NE, Chamblee.

On-site flu clinics are also available for local businesses and groups with 25 people or more.

For more information, visit www.dekalbhealth.net or call 404-508-7880.

Minute ClinicsStarting Sept. 15, flu vaccines

will be available at the CVS MinuteClinics in seven CVS drugstores in South DeKalb and Rockdale counties.

Flu shots are $30. For more information, call

1-800-746-7287.

Board of Health providing flu shots

Wellness “We respect the trauma that breast cancer brings and we understand that this horrible disease strikes women and men of all races, and economic backgrounds.”

Group seeks cancer survivors for recognition

Health officials gearing up for flu season complicated by H1N1, seasonal viruses

The DeKalb 100 Black Wom-en is now accepting nominations for survivors of breast cancer who will be honored at its fifth annual Pink and Black Affair on Nov. 7.

Ten women and men who fought breast cancer and sur-vived will be honored at the 7 p.m. to midnight event at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Decatur.

Paulette Smith, who is coordi-nating the event for the chapter, said they are looking for survivors who have used their experience to help others while overcoming their own crisis.

“We respect the trauma that breast cancer brings and we un-derstand that this horrible disease strikes women and men of all races, and economic backgrounds,” she said.

Smith said they are hoping men will also be nominated, so they can help educate the community that breast cancer also strikes men.

Nominations with supporting documents should be e-mailed to [email protected].

Honorees will be notified by Sept. 15 and will receive a free ad-mission ticket to the event.

For more information, call Pau-lette Smith at 770-981-8775.

In addition to taking your seasonal flu shot, you will need to take the two-dose novel H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available in late October.”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 36,000 Americans die annually from seasonal flu complications and 200,000 are hospitalized.

Flu symptoms include a fever of 100.5 degrees or higher, cough, fatigue, headache, body aches, sore throat and a runny or stuffy nose.

The DeKalb Board of Health kicked off its 2009-2010 seasonal flu vaccination program on Sept. 1. It is part of the state’s “Roll Up Your Sleeve” flu education campaign.

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Jennifer ffrench Parker / crossroadsnews


SportS “I have done nothing wrong. If I did I wouldn’t be teaching now.”

McNair High parents upset over sudden firing of football coach

Decatur native to play international hoops with Israeli basketball teamBy McKenzie Jackson

Paul Delaney III turned 23 years old on Aug. 30, but his birthday gift came seven days earlier.

On Aug. 23, the Decatur native and former Chamblee High School basketball star signed his first professional basketball contract.

Delaney, who played college basketball at the University of Alabama-Birmingham from 2004-2009, signed a one-year contract with Israeli basketball team Hapoel Holon, an Israel Basketball League team based in Holon, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv, Israel’s capital.

He said he was excited about playing professional basketball.

“It feels great,” said Delaney, who boarded a 12-hour international flight to Israel on Aug. 31. “My ultimate dream is to make it to the NBA, but this is one step towards that. So, I’m just taking it one step at a time.”

The athletic, 6-foot-2, 200-pound point guard will be playing with a team that com-petes in the Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball.

Hapoel Holon won the Israeli Cup last season and the year before captured the Israeli Premier League Regular Season and playoff championships.

Delaney is one of three American players who have signed with club recently.

Known in college for his explosive jump-ing ability, quick first step and tenacious defense, Delaney has several highlights on YouTube and he said he doesn’t anticipate his style of play changing once league competi-tion begins in October.

“I’m just a basketball player,” Delaney said. “I really can’t describe my game. I can penetrate, I’m athletic, a playmaker, defensive player and a little bit all-around.”

One of the top scorers in UAB history, Delaney’s signing with Hapoel Holon follows a standout college career.

Coming out of Chamblee High School in 2003, Delaney’s production and playing time increased each year until UAB’s 2006-07 season, when he averaged a team-leading 15.5 points and 5.2 assists per game.

Team in April’s Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a tournament in Virginia for NBA prospects, and was a sleeper-pick to be drafted in the NBA’s second round.

In July he played on the Milwaukee Bucks’ NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas.

In five games with the Bucks, Delaney averaged 2.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and one assist per game, while playing behind guards Jodie Meeks and Brandon Jennings.

Despite not signing an NBA contract, Delaney looks positively on his summer league experience.

“I got to play with and against a lot of NBA vets and draft picks,” he said. “And I got a chance to get used to the NBA game and an NBA type setting.”

When his flight landed in Israel, Delaney was greeted by over a dozen Hapoel Holon fans at the airport. The fans lifted him onto their shoulders and even gave him flowers.

“It shouldn’t be too much of a difference as far as fan bases and being known,” he said before leaving the U.S.

Delaney’s mother, Naomi Black, said before her only son leaves the U.S. they are throwing a celebration for him.

“I’m going to miss my baby,” said Black of her second oldest child. “I’m so happy and proud of him.”

The farthest Delaney has ever been from Decatur for an extended period is UAB’s Bir-mingham campus, but he’s hoping his stint of playing ball thousands of miles away is a one-time thing.

“Next year I see myself signing onto somebody’s roster in the NBA,” he said. “I’m just going to keep playing my game and keep improving in order to reach my goal.”

Paul Delaney has signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Holon, an Israel Basketball League team based south of Tel Aviv.

During that season, Delaney scored in double figures in all but six of the team’s 31 games, and dished out at least three assists in all but seven. He also had a career-high 32 points hitting 11-of-16 shots in a win over Wyoming and won the Conference USA Player of the Week award twice.

He was also recognized as First-Team All Conference USA.

College basketball analysts and UAB coaches were expecting Delaney to have similar success in 2007-08, which would have been his senior year, until he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Blazers’ fifth game.

The ACL tear in Delaney’s left knee side-lined him for the rest of the season, but gave him a medical redshirt for the year.

During the 2008-09 season, Delaney came back with a vengeance and averaged 16.1 points a contest, along with 2.1 steals 3.5 assists, and shot 56 percent from the field.

He recorded the second triple-double in school history in a win over Tulane, tallying 16 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds and was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team and All-Defensive Team.

Delaney, who majored in history and minored in political science, graduated in December 2008. He said he has no regrets about his college career.

“I feel that I had a good five years,” he said. “I’ve been a crowd favorite and the fans really appreciate me and I really appreciate the fans there.”

Before signing on with his new team, Delaney had a strong chance of signing with an NBA team.

Delaney was named to the All-First

By McKenzie Jackson

Football parents at McNair High School are up in arms over the Aug. 27 firing of popular football head coach Roderick Moore.

More than 30 angry parents who oppose the firing by McNair Principal James Jones say that Moore was not given due process.

Jones named John April, the school’s basket-ball coach and athletics direc-tor, as interim football coach for the season on the same day. At an emotional

hour-long meeting with Jones in the school’s cafeteria on Aug. 28, the parents protested Moore’s fir-ing two days before the Mustangs’ season opener with Stephenson at Hallford Stadium. They lost 42-0.

Moore, 40, who was the head coach at McNair for four seasons, had a 26-18 record at the school. During his tenure, almost 60 foot-ball players secured full or partial athletic scholarships to colleges and universities.

Parents call Moore a father-fig-ure who took care of his 80-mem-ber team on and off the football field. They say he takes the team to church, disciplines members and invites them to dinner.

He has been reassigned to be a math teacher at Redan Middle School in Stone Mountain.

Jones would not discuss Moore’s dismissal, referring CrossRoads News and the parents to school system spokesman Dale Davis and to media reports last week about the firing. On Sept. 3, Davis said Moore was fired at

the principal’s discretion and the Jones wanted to go in a different direction.

Moore, who attended the meet-ing with the parents, said he was fired after an argument with Jones regarding the football booster club grilling food on school property on Aug. 22, before a scrimmage against Carver-Atlanta at Panthersville Stadium.

He said parents lit up the grills

program. Moore said that if he did something wrong he should have been written up – not fired.

“I tell my boys all the time, if you do something, face up to it,” he said.

Moore said he got his cer-tification in grades K-12 from Cambridge College in the mail on Aug. 28.

He also said that Jones told players and assistant coaches that he was firing Moore, before telling him. When he heard it from the players, Moore said he tried to talk to Jones and he wouldn’t speak to him. At an Aug. 27 meeting called by Region 4 Area Superintendent Dr. Ralph Simpson, Moore said Jones presented a copy of an e-mail to him that said he was “consider-ing” going in a new direction.

Tracy Farrie, whose son De-Andre is a wide receiver for the Mustangs, said all of the players and parents are upset about Moore’s arbitrary dismissal without a warning.

“He turned my son around, a total 360 degrees,” she said. “He has made these boys well-rounded young men.”

Anita King, whose son Lamont is a running back on the team, said she felt horrible about Moore’s firing.

“Coach Moore has been here with these boys,” said King, who is secretary of the team’s booster club.

Moore says he will begin look-ing for another coaching job in December. He said his only mis-take was to allow the grilling at the school without first clearing it with Jones.

“I have done nothing wrong,” he said. “If I did I wouldn’t be teach-ing now.”

Photos by McKenzie JacKson / crossroadsnews

Parents expressed their displeasure over the firing of coach Roderick Moore at a meeting in the school’s cafeteria.

to feed the players when they were informed that the school system’s buses would not be able to pick up the team until 5 p.m., instead of the scheduled time of 3:30 p.m.

“The boys ate, it was my job to make sure the boys ate,” he said. “Did I contact Mr. Jones? No, I did not. That’s my fault, I accept that.”

Moore said Jones was also up-set because students were cursing while singing to music that a DJ

was playing at the scrimmage. He said the DJ has played at every event at McNair including basketball events and the prom, and that he always played the clean versions of the songs.

“But if the kids know the street version to a song, what version are they going to sing? The street ver-sion,” he said.

At the meeting with parents, Jones refused to answer questions about his reasons for firing the beloved coach.

“I am the assigned principal here at this point, and anything that goes on at McNair High School, I need to know about it,” he said.

Moore also tried to stop a CrossRoadsNews photographer from taking photographs at the meeting, and was shouted down by parents. Moore said Jones sum-moned him to a meeting on Aug. 24 and questioned him about the scrimmage grilling and asked him for his grades K-12 teaching certi-fication. He said Jones told him he was “considering going in another direction” with the school’s football

James Jones

Roderick Moore is highly regarded for helping his players on and off the field.


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Scene “If we can bring attention to an important issue like eliminating violence in our community while getting exercise, then we all benefit.”

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Positive and inspiring films about Africa and the African Diaspora are needed by the Sankofa Spirit’s “Movies with a Mission” film series.

The monthly series at the APEX Museum in Atlanta needs films of every genre for its 2010 season. The films can be features, shorts, narra-tives or documentaries. They will be screened every first Thursday to inform and encourage dialogue.

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“Captain Healthy and Safety Dog,” a puppet show that teaches kids about health and safety, is coming to DeKalb Library branches this fall.

The free show kicks off Sept. 12 at the Decatur Library and will visit four branches, with shows at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m at each branch. The final show will be at the Wesley Chapel Library on Oct. 10.

“Captain Healthy and Safety Dog” is a project of the DeKalb Public Library and the Center for Puppetry Arts, in conjunction with

the DeKalb Board of Health. Jon Ludwig, the Center for Puppetry Arts’ artistic director, said puppets communicate well with children.

“Not only do puppets appeal to children; they are a great interactive tool for getting kids to tune in to important information,” he said.

Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford, DeKalb District Health Director, says county health data underscores the importance of encouraging children to adopt healthy behaviors early in life.

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Walkers and runners can regis-ter for the 12th annual “James ‘Jay’ Wilson Straight from the Heart Walk/Run” on Sept. 12 and help raise funds for the Dialysis and Transplantation Support Services Center at Greenforest Community Baptist Church.

The center, a church ministry, sponsors the walk to support renal disease patients, including those on dialysis, transplant recipients, diabetics, and lupus and high blood pressure patients. The walk honors the memory of D&TSC founder the Rev. James Jay Wilson,

who was a renal patient for more than 20 years.

The top three male and fe-male walkers and runners will get awards.

The event begins at 7 a.m. at the church campus, 3250 Rainbow Drive in Decatur. The route will take participants down Rainbow and Columbia drives and termi-nate at the church gym.

Registration is $20 before Sept. 6 and $25 on the day of the event. For more information or to regis-ter, visit www.greenforest.org or call 404-243-7600.

DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson’s annual “Walk for the Health of It and Walk to Prevent Violence” will be all over Arabia Mountain on Sept. 12.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. near Murphey Candler Elementary School in Lithonia. Walkers will warm up at 8:45 a.m. and take to the trail at 9 a.m.

Johnson, who represents Dis-trict 3, launched his DeKalb Walks Initiative in 2004 to encourage residents to “walk to better health.” The walk is also focusing attention on violence prevention.

Johnson says movement is

essential to a healthy lifestyle and longevity.

“If we can bring attention to an important issue like eliminat-ing violence in our community while getting exercise, then we all benefit,” he said.

Registration is free. Partici-pants who have lost someone to violence are encouraged to wear a T-shirt with a picture of their loved one.

For more information or to pre-register, call 404-371-2425.

Murphey Candler School is at 6775 S. Goddard Road in Li-thonia.

Television foodies and restaurant owners Jamie and Bobby Deen will be promot-ing their new cookbook, “The Deen Bros. Take It Easy: Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love,” at the Mall at Stonecrest on Sept. 12.

The brothers, who are co-owners of Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah, will meet fans at 1 p.m. at Bor-ders Books and Music and sign copies of their books purchased at the store. Proof of purchase is required to access the book-signing event.

Jamie Deen, the older brother by less than three years, attended Valdosta State University and was working in various busi-nesses when his mother Paula Deen was branding her name. He got on board to help his mother, the popular FoodNetwork chef, identify, market and build the transformation from a home-meal delivery busi-ness to one of America’s most successful restaurants.

Since its launch, Lady and Sons has showcased Paula Deen’s recipes and Jamie’s careful attention to the busi-ness side, freed his mother to craft recipes.

Younger brother Bobby Deen joined the family cook-ing business as a teenager. He first appeared to rave reviews on his mother’s Food Net-work shows, before he and his brother co-launched their own Food Network show, “Road Tasted.”

The brothers followed that with a pair of best-sell-ing cookbooks: “The Deen Bros. Cookbook: Recipes from the Road,” published in 2007, and last year’s “Y’all Come Eat.”

In 2006, Bobby made People Magazine’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors. He is a notorious sports enthusiast

with a passion for golf and baseball. The Mall at Stonecrest is at I-20 and Turner Hill

Road in Lithonia. For more information, visit www.mallatstonecrest.com.

Jamie and Bobby Deen will sign copies of their books at the Borders in the Mall at Stonecrest.

Survey found that 44 percent of DeKalb high school students have tried cigarette smoking, almost 19 percent are overweight and 13.4 percent are obese. Only 20 percent reported eating the recommended five or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day.

The show will also be at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library on Sept. 26, and the Dunwoody Li-brary on Oct. 3.

For more information, visit www.dekalblibrary.org or call 404/370-8450, ext 2258.

[email protected] or call Theresa Charles at 770-234-5890.

Commissioner Larry Johnson launched the DeKalb Walks Initiative in 2004 to encourage residents to “walk to better health.”


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All

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are captured

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crossroadsnews, september 5, 2009

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