The Decatur Police Department is investigating the theft of catalytic converters from seven vehicles in the past 72 hours. All of these thefts occurred during the overnight hours.

Six of the thefts were from Honda Elements and one was from a Honda CRV. These thefts occurred on Jefferson Place, Adair Street, 5th Avenue, Spring Street, Cambridge Avenue and Feld Avenue. Some vehicles were parked in driveways and some were parked on the street.

DeKalb Workforce Development (DWD) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. and and jobs fair on Wednesday, June 12, noon to 4 p.m..  The events will take place at DWD’s new location at 774 Jordan Lane, Building #4, Decatur.

An emergency town hall meeting concerning the biomass plant will be held on Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m. at Antioch-Lithonia Missionary Baptist Church, 2152 Rock Chapel Road (Highway 124), Lithonia.

In July 2011, despite overwhelming objections from residents, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, led by 5^th District Commissioner Lee May, granted Green Energy Partners a special land use permit for a biomass plant.

CONYERS—This month, Rockdale Clerk of Courts Ruth Wilson spread some cheer. She awarded $13,527 to four community organizations, keeping her promise to give a portion of the federal passport processing fees generated by her office to charity.

Wilson made awards to Project Renewal, a shelter for victims of domestic violence ($4,216); Phoenix Pass, transitional housing for families experiencing displacement ($4,216); Rockdale Houses, a recovery facility for alcoholics and drug abusers ($2,000). and the Conyers Rockdale Council for the Arts ($3,195).

STONE MOUNTAIN—Voices of Faith Ministries soon will have a new First Lady. Bishop Gary Hawkins, Sr. introduced his fiancé, Pamela Albright, to the church’s congregation on May 12, Mother’s Day.

The beautiful, 5-foot-3, Alabama native is vice president of product management for Bank of America. A graduate of the University of Alabama, she received her bachelor’s degrees in political science and criminal justice. Albright had planned for a career in law, but decided to move up the corporate ladder with Bank of America after landing a job there.

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson is calling on residents who are 50+ to teach children in grades K – 5 healthy habits for life through the Coordinated Approach to Child Health, or CATCH program.

“I am very pleased to have this initiative at the Intergenerational Center here in DeKalb,” said Johnson, who represents District 3. “This program lines up with what we have been working on—raising the awareness of childhood obesity and developing strategies to help combat the high incidence of childhood obesity.”