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Members of the Red Hat Society’s 3-L Decatur Chapter  recently gathered at New Beginning Worship Center in Decatur to donate, sort and assemble boxes of clinic supplies for local elementary schools. The group purchased the supplies to assist school nurses in providing medical care to students.  The boxes included bandages, cotton balls, cold compresses, water, juice, crackers, disinfectant wipes and hygiene products.  The boxes were decorated and delivered to Kelley Lake, Toney, Snapfinger, Rainbow and Murphy-Candler elementary schools on Aug. 21. Principals and nurses from the selected schools were excited and grateful to receive the donations.  The club’s future service projects…

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DeKalb County’s North and Central police precincts will host a joint Coffee With A Cop on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 6 to 8 p.m. at Shorty’s Pizza, 3701 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker. The evening coffee is being held for community residents to share concerns, ask questions and get to know officers in the neighborhood.

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DeKalb County Board of Commissioners will host an informational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) meeting on Thursday, Aug. 31, 10 to 11:30 a.m., at Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur. Attendees will include state and county officials, city mayors and city managers who will discuss the next steps to introduce the SPLOST referendum before DeKalb County voters on Nov. 7.

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DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) is hosting two free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training classes. The first nine-week class begins on Sept. 5 and will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7–9:30 p.m. at DeKalb Fire Rescue Headquarters, 1950 West Exchange Place, Tucker. A second nine-week CERT class for the deaf and hearing-impaired, with certified American Sign Language interpreters, will begin on Sept. 7 and will be held on Thursday evenings from 7–9:30 p.m. at DeKalb Fire Rescue Headquarters. Participants will learn what to do before, during and after a disaster occurs. The training will also teach citizens…

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DeKalb County State Court –Traffic Division Judge Ronald Ramsey was elected District 4 Representative for the American Bar Association’s Judicial Division – National Conference of Specialty Court Judges (NCSCJ), at its annual meeting in New York City. Ramsey will serve as an educational and membership resource to judges in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Puerto Rico. He will help to improve access to justice and other wide-ranging topics affecting the judiciary, with limited or specialized jurisdiction. Ramsey was also appointed to the NCSCJ Membership Committee and the Traffic Court Committee. He was named a presenter for the NCSCJ…

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The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) will host an informational community meeting to discuss impending construction activities and traffic impacts related to the Clarkston Streetscapes Water Main Relocation project. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 6 – 7:30 p.m., at the Clarkston Public Library, 951 N. Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston. The Clarkston Streetscapes Water Main Relocation project is part of DeKalb County’s $1.345 billion capital improvement program and will include the installation of more than 7,000 feet of pipe along East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Market Street, Rowland Street and Norman Road. The public is…

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Rockdale County Public Schools (RCPS) will celebrate its 2017 Teachers of the Year at a ceremony that will be held on Sept. 25 at Rockdale Career Academy. The ceremony will feature all the school level 2017 Teachers of the Year, who were selected by their peers. The district-level Teacher of the Year, chosen to advance to the state level competition, will be announced at the end of the evening. This year’s Teachers of the Year are: Barksdale Elementary – Morgan Pye C.J. Hicks Elementary – Tonya Price Flat Shoals Elementary – Allison Randall Hightower Trail Elementary – Michelle…

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By Nate M. Hill STONE MOUNTAIN–New Creation Christian Fellowship (NCCF) celebrated its 20th anniversary on Aug. 20. The anniversary celebration featured guest speaker, Pastor Jeff Glover, founder of Perfecting the Saints Church International in Hampton, GA. Pastor Glover has served under the tutelage of Dr. Creflo A. Dollar of World Changers Church in College Park, GA for the past 24 years and he has been actively involved in the ministry at NCCF for many years. Bishop R.H. Parkinson, who ordained Apostle Dautrieve about five years ago, flew in from London for the milestone celebration, which included a banquet during the…

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Casey Duren has been named director of human resources at the city of Co­nyers. “Casey brings a wealth of human resources knowledge and experience from his background in both the public and private sectors, which were ap­pealing when we were interviewing for this position,” said City Manager Tony Lucas. “We’re eager to integrate his and the human resources industry’s best practices with the city’s existing policies and procedures for the betterment of our employees.” Duren previously served as an em­ployer consultant with the Georgia Department of Labor, and in managerial and director positions in human resourc­es at Inline Plastics, Hillphoenix…

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The DeKalb County Medical Examiner is asking for assistance from the public in identifying a John Doe.  He was killed on Monday, July 24, after entering a residence on Beachwood Forest Drive in Lithonia and shot by the homeowner. The deceased is described as a black male, 20 to 30 years of age, no tattoos or scars and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.

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