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DeKalb County Superior Court Clerk Debra DeBerry is hosting the 7thAnnual Community Appreciation Day, Saturday, Aug. 10, 5 to 9 p.m. at Browns Mill Aquatic Facility, 4949 Browns Mill Road. The family event will include complimentary entry into the facility, food and music.

DeKalb County Commissioner  is encouraging homeowner associations, community and faith-based groups interested in partnering for a community cleanup to contact her office at 404-371-2412 or email district5@dekalbcountyga.govto schedule a date. The cleanups are held every third Saturday.

DeKalb County Public Library will host a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, July 29, 11 a.m.,to kick off renovations to the Stone Mountain Sue-Kellogg Library, 952 Leon Street. DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond, DeKalb County Commissioner Steve Bradshaw, Friends of the Library and other dignitaries will be present and the public is invited to attend. The updated floor plan and new finishes will be on display. The project will be completed by C.T. Darnell Construction. During the renovation period, patrons can visit these nearby branches: Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library, 5234 LaVista Road, Tucker Hairston Crossing Library, 4911 Redan Road, Stone Mountain Clarkston…

The DeKalb History Center’s next “Hops at the History Center” event on Aug. 6 will spotlight Druid Hills, considered one of Atlanta’s first suburbs. Designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead Sr., Druid Hills offered plenty of shady trees and a park at the center of the neighborhood—the perfect escape from city life. Businessmen Joel Hurt and Asa Griggs Candler are also credited with the upbringing of Druid Hills. Joel Hurt, an entrepreneur responsible for developing Inman Park, purchased the land that is now Druid Hills and sold it to the Druid Hills Corporation headed by Asa Griggs Candler,…

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…