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Kenley’s Catering will host a hiring event for stadium concession stand workers on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2 p.m., at Panthersville Stadium (Godfrey stadium), 2817 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur. Workers will be hired on the spot for the positions, which will be at Panthersville, Avondale, North  DeKalb and Adams stadiums during the football season. Applicants must be at least 15 years old and up have two forms of identification.

  Conyers Smiles Dentistry and Orthodontics is partnering with Foster Care Friends to host “Smile Generation Serve Day 2019” on Aug. 17, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the dental offices located at 2239 Highway 20 S.E., Suite H, Conyers. Needy patients will receive care free of charge during the event.  There will be a full staff of doctors, hygienists and assistants to take care of cleanings, fillings and other needs. No cosmetic work such as bleaching and braces will be performed but doctors will discuss these options for those who are interested in them for a future visit. All…

Rockdale County Chairman Oz Nesbitt Sr. will host the third Shop Talk forum of 2019 on Saturday, Aug. 17, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., F&D Barbershop, 1501 Highway 138 SE, Conyers. The event will feature the following speakers to answer questions and concerns: Will Barkley, Board of Assessors Chair Probate Judge Clarence Cuthpert RCPS Superintendent Terry Oatts Conyers City Councilman Cleveland Stroud Shop Talk has helped the public connect with government officials and learn what their role and responsibilities are.

The DeKalb County Board of Health will soon offer a free, 12-month diabetes prevention program in three locations around the county. PreventT2 is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. The Board of Health previously offered the program only in central DeKalb County. The Prevent T2 program uses trained coaches to teach participants with pre-diabetes how to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of Type 2 Diabetes. A person with pre-diabetes has a higher blood glucose (sugar) level than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes. Untreated…

Aug. 15, 1932-July 22, 2019 Margaret Dean Mitchell Hudson, the mother of Be Someone founder and CEO Orrin Hudson, passed away on July 22. She was 86. The DeKalb County mentor and national chess champion said his mother transitioned peacefully in her sleep. Mrs. Hudson was born in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Phillip Gildersleeve and the late Lillian Perry Mitchell. Mrs. Hudson was united in holy matrimony to the late Jerome Hudson. Although an only child herself, Mrs. Hudson had 13 children of her own and devoted her life to doing all she could for each…

Roderick Knight, 55, is the third suspect arrested in connection with the death of a 1-year-old Decatur infant who allegedly died after ingesting an overdose of prescription drugs earlier this year. The infant’s parents, Rachelle Rattrey, 24, and Tabares Tony Wadley, 26, who were arrested on July 9, remain in custody at the DeKalb County Jail. The DeKalb Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, working with the U.S. Marshals, located and arrested Knight on July 23 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on warrants charging him with second-degree felony murder and felony second-degree child cruelty. The parents of the infant have been charged with…

DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has been invited to speak at the Council for Quality Growth’s DeKalb Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. at the Druid Hills Country Club. Cocharan-Johnson will discuss economic and community development in DeKalb County and District 7. To join her, please RSVP by clicking here.

To help parents get a healthy jumpstart on preparing for their children to go back to school, C.H.O.I.C.E.S. and DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson will host their 9th Annual Let’s Move! Dekalb Back-to-School Expo on Saturday, July 27. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Intergenerational Center at Exchange Park, Decatur. During the expo, families will not only get free school supplies. Thanks to partners such as the Atlanta Community Food Bank, they also will receive access to the mobile food pantry to take home fresh produce and pantry staple items. Known for their…

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is helping thousands of students start the school year on the right foot during its annual back-to-school event in August. Senior Pastor Dr. Jamal H. Bryant and the New Birth congregation have expanded this year’s outreach to include the distribution of 3,000 brand-new shoes for school-aged students on Aug. 3 In DeKalb County, where New Birth is located, nearly 105,000 students are registered in the school district. More than 15 percent of those students come from families who live below the poverty line and 72 percent receive free or reduced lunch, officials say. “We have…

DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson is calling for volunteers to help DeKalb County reach a 100 percent response rate on the 2020 Census. During National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the DeKalb County Complete Count Committee will share information on how residents can sign up to volunteer and ensure that hard-to-reach populations in DeKalb are counted. Johnson said at today’s Board of Commissioners meeting that a caravan of volunteers will travel throughout DeKalb during National Night Out to notify the public the census count officially launches on April 1, 2020. “We have 200 volunteers who have signed up and…