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Gray is both an instructor and student of the hand lettering art form. She first took a class in it in 1980. Since then she estimates that shes probably taken 75 classes and workshops to define and advance her craft. She said shes fallen in love with the simplicity of calligraphy. Its pen, ink and paper, said Gray. I think I like the order of it. It can be almost meditative. Gray, an Avondale Estates resident, teaches at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and the Lou Walker Senior Center While her two Dobermans kept watch, Gray showed www.twitter.com/championnews an interested party the various tools of her craftwriting implements that range from a quill to a sponge to markers and othermore utilitarian lookingimplements. She explained that a wide array of instruments can be used to do calligraphy, however, one needs championnewspaper.com www. to know how to use them. I dont think its something thats for everybody, explained Gray. People who learn things quickly sometimes get frustrated with calligraphy. You really have to practicework on small steps.
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Route 1 Centennial Olympic Park / Park and Ride lot is proposed to become the perCoronet Way: The temporary re-routing manent routing. From Evans Mill Road and Mall
implemented June 18, 2011 to improve bus turn movement is proposed to become the permanent routing.
ed June 18, 2011 to improve bus turn movement is proposed to become the permanent routing.
Parkway, Route 86 will continue Mall Parkway, Left-Stonecrest Trace, and Left-Mall Loop Road to bus shelter at Mall at Stonecrest which will be the new terminus for Route 86. The segment along Millwood Lane will be discontinued.
at Five Points Station after 7:30 pm on all service days. The segment from Five Points Station along Marietta Street, Jones Avenue, Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, Spring Street, Pine Street and West Peachtree Street to Civic Center Station will be discontinued after 7:30 pm on all service days.
Route 32 Bouldercrest / Georgia closure of the Evans Mill Park and Ride lot is proAquarium: is proposed to terminate service
posed to become the permanent routing. From Covington Highway and Evans Mill Road, Route 115 will operate via Left-Evans Mill Road continue Main Street, Left-Max Cleland Boulevard and Right-Swift Street to Main Street which will become the new terminus for Route 115. The segment of Evans Mill Road south of Covington Route 86 Fairington Road / McAfee Highway, Mall Parkway and Millwood Lane will Road: The re-routing implemented December be discontinued. 17, 2011 due to the closure of the Evans Mill
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All citizens of the City of Atlanta and the counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton and Gwinnett whose interests are affected by the subjects to be considered at these hearings are hereby notified and invited to appear at said times and places and present such evidence, comment or objection as their In addition, a sign language interpreter will interests require. be available at all hearings. If you cannot attend the hearings and want to provide comments you Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager/CEO
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DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston, who recently completed her first year in office, says she wants to be a voice in the courtroom for victims. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
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second-degree vehicular homicide, non-payment of child support and shoplifting. DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said, Sherry Boston has done an admirable job in her first year in office, prosecuting and deterring crime and maintaining the high quality of life here in DeKalb County. Her pre-trial diversion programs are at the forefront of the national standard, which illustrates her leadership in this area, Ellis said. Boston came in and hit the ground running, said DeKalb County Commissioner Lee May. One thing that I like about her approach is that shes come forward with a number of ideas as to how she could bring additional revenue to the county [and] how she could streamline their operations, May said. Shes kept the line of com-
munications open with the BOC. Ive been pretty satisfied with her work. After taking office, Boston reorganized the operations, establishing a special victims unit headed by Deputy Chief Solicitor General Jessica Rock. Boston also formed Diversion and Community Alternative Program (DCAP), which is the umbrella over all programs that have a diversionary component. Kiesha Storey is the deputy chief over DCAP and Deputy Chief Solicitor General Kelly McMichael oversees the state court prosecutions. We really are a family and a team in this office, Boston said. I feel really blessed. I could not do any of what I do without the amazing team of folks that is here to help me every day. Boston also hired the countys first full-time com-
munity prosecutor, Sonja Brown. She is really going to be the liaison between the community, my office, other elected officials, homeowner associations, other community leaders and private partners to find alternative ways to attack crime, Boston said. Boston said she made the position full time to show we can make sure we are focusing in on the areas that are the most crime-ridden. Bostons goal as solicitor general is to make really smart decisions about how we approach cases, collaborate with other partners in the community in an effort to make sure that we are address all the issues that they have, not just opening and closing cases that come to us through the door, but hoping to stop some of these crimes before they happen.
Last year Bostons office participated in several community events, including Paws for the Cause, back to school expositions, anticrime events, community clean-ups and she held a domestic violence forum. When shes not working Boston tries to be a normal, everyday, average mom of her two daughters, ages 3 and 5, that she rears with her husband of seven years, Ed Baines, a vice president of a national sales account at Coca-Cola. I dont know if thats possible any more, but I really try, Boston said. Much of my free time is spent with my children and trying to be best mother and role model and support system for them. That includes being a room mom at her daughters preschool, making crafts, baking cookies and being a cheerleader on the sideline for the stuff that they love, Boston said. Boston is also an avid reader and considers herself to be somewhat of a budding culinary foodie chef. Boston said her goals for 2012 are to make her office more technologically savvy and to establish an abandonment court to address people who are not paying child support. Our goal, obviously, is not to put those people in jail, Boston said. Our goal is to get those families the support that they are entitled to have.
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A suggestion: Every AfricanAmerican man, woman and child should go to see Red Tails and take along a couple friends of another ethnicity with you this weekend. Red Tails is the movie adaptation of the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, courageous African American fighter pilots who downed so many German planes during World War II, many credit them with turning around the war in favor of the Allied forces. The Tuskegee Airmen achieved these phenomenal successes during the 1940s in the face of a segregated armed forces and sometimes blatant racism. The movie opens Jan. 20 at a theater near you. The previews promise a fast-paced, gripping experience that is very realistic of the times. It will have you
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The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go. Sir Winston Churchill (18741966), served twice as British prime minister and also somewhat resembled a bulldog. I am a proud Georgia Bulldog, though currently not a dog owner. Im not a veterinarian, nor an expert on animal behavior, but as a parent of a small child, I paid close attention to the recent case involving the mauling of a small young girl by two pit bulls in Lithonia, resulting in the loss of one arm, and permanently disabling her other limb. Congratulations to our DeKalb County Solicitor General Sherry Boston on the successful prosecution of her first case. Boston kept an attentive jury and judge focused on the viewpoint that these attacks were clearly avoidable. At risk of angering several friends and animal lovers, I believe this is a case, like others resulting in serious injury or fatality, where we have to first simply look at the facts.
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Big money makes writing about climate change action and gun control a lost cause.
oil spill without me. Im also giving up on gun control. Over the years, Ive written I dont know how many columns urging that some control be placed on the sale of weapons that go bang. Dozens probably, possibly even scores of them. I generally make New Years resoEvery time some clown would lutions in hopes of becoming a better go berserk and mow down a bakers person more disciplined, healthier, dozen of his fellow citizens, I would or, at the very least, less pathetic. deliver a rant about the idiocy of our Some of these resolutions last until failure to do something about the pronightfall. Some dont. None ever sees liferation of guns in our society. February. Did it do any good? Even less than This year, Im taking a different my global warming columns. There approach. Im going to concentrate are more guns out there now than on giving up things. Not things like ever, and states have grown increassmoking been there, done that. I ingly permissive about where and mean giving up on ideas I have purhow people can pack heat. sued through the years into one blind In other words, the battle has been alley after another. lost. The absurd arguments of the NaIdeas like climate change, for extional Rifle Association and the Merample. chants of Death lobby have carried You and I both know that the earth the day. is heating up, right? Everybody knows Why? Money, of course. Too many that, with the possible exception of oil politicians have learned that to deviexecutives, the owners of coal mines, ate even the slightest degree from and Republican politicians. the NRAs absolutist positions is to Yet no number of hurricanes, invite a truckload of money into your droughts, floods, wild fires, melted opponents campaign, ensuring your glaciers or columns by granola liberelectoral defeat. als like me has inspired a somnolent The argument I find most absurd, Congress to confront the problem. by the way, is the constitutional one. Why? Money, of course. Yes, the Constitution guarantees the If money is the mothers milk of right to bear arms. But arms back politics (and it is), then the oil and then had as much resemblance to coal industries are the biggest mothers modern weapons as an 18th-century on the block. They own our political schooner has to a nuclear submarine. system lock, stock and sleazebag. Do you think our Founding Fathers As a result, our energy policies would have looked at an assault rifle are crafted largely by the extraction that can fire at a speed of 400 rounds industries, which care little if at all a minute and said: Oh yeah, thats a about global warming, clean water or good thing to have around the house? breathable air. Meanwhile, the Earths Or Everybody should have one? poorest nations, which sat back for Get real. The Constitution is a 200 years while the countries known wonderful document, but its outas the West burned forests, polluted moded in many ways. Consider the the air and water, and made a lot of preposterousness of North Dakota money, now want their turn at the having the same number of senators trough. as California. But its not going to Its hopeless. Even if we suddenly change any time soon, at least not for got serious about the issue, its probthe better. ably too late. Weve reached a point Ladies and gentlemen, the Forces where the warming already out there of Darkness are in the saddle and is producing a dynamic that will protheyre wearing spurs. duce more warming. OtherWords columnist Donald So Im giving up on writing about Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. climate change. You can start the next otherwords.org
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Mike DeVine calls friend Suzy Kilgo a hero and said that her actions bring to mind a quote from the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson: One man with courage makes a majority. DeVine said that while Kilgo isnt a national hero she sure has rescued people and at-risk animals, despite the sacrifices of time and money, in ways that this beneficiary of her charity deems heroic and inspirational. He said that the DeKalb native and fixture in the Stone Mountain community like many others has been affected by the economic downturn of recent years. Because she is in the real estate business, which has been hit especially hard, Kilgo has had a difficult time despite hard work, he said. Suzys hours of work were greatly reduced, thus threatening her ability to keep her home, he added. Throughout these years, Suzy continued to lead her homeowners association and rescue those worse off than herself with shelter and food, whether they were other victims of the economy or abused and/or abandoned
dogs and cats, due to her passion to alleviate the suffering of all of Gods creatures. She maintained a Christ-like love and tolerance for people and helped the disabled with fellowship and assistance, all while overcoming much adversity in her own life, DeVine noted. Suzy is my hero and an example of how to live in troubled times, DeVine said. And it warms my heart that no matter the economic suffering Suzy has endured and continues to endure, that this story has a happy ending. Suzy was married a few weeks ago to a wonderful man. Kilgo said that some of the outreach she does is through her homeowners association and some is through the Elks Lodge of which shes a member. But most of it, she said, is a matter of staying in touch with neighbors and remaining sensitive to their needs. If I talk with a neighbor who has a need and I know someone who can help with that need, I get them together, she said. If they need someone to help organize a yard sale to raise some cash, Im glad to be able to do that. Its tough out there, whatever you can do just to keep someone going, whether they need a little bit of money, an encouraging wordwhateverits important for us to be there for each other, she said.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS
January 19, 2012 DeKalb County Community Development Department 150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 330 Decatur, Georgia 30030 Telephone (404) 286-3308
Location: 4683 Redan Road, Stone Mountain, GA Purpose: The purpose of the project is to provide supplemental funding to assist in the development of 54 units of multifamily housing for seniors. 53 units will serve seniors and 1 unit serves as an employee unit. The property will serve seniors at or below 50% of AMI. The property will have a HUD based rental assistance contract for all residential units so that the resident pays no greater than 30% of income towards rent and utilities. It has been determined that such request for release of funds will not constitute an action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and, accordingly, DeKalb County has decided not to prepare Environmental Impact Statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190). The reasons for such decision not to prepare such Statements are as follows: An Environmental Assessment has been made for the project which concludes that all adverse effects will be minor, and any short-term impacts will be mitigated by either the requirements of the construction contract documents or by the requirements of applicable local, state or federal permits and environmental ordinances. The positive effects of providing activities that augment and substantially improve the Countys efforts towards supporting affordable senior housing in the targeted areas of the County outweigh any potential negative impacts. This project is consistent with the goals and objectives of the DeKalb County Community Development Department, approved Consolidated Plan. The Environmental Review Records, respecting the proposed projects, have been made by DeKalb County which documents the environmental review of the projects and fully sets forth the reasons why such Environmental Impact Statements are not required. The Environmental Review Records are on file at the DeKalb County Community Development Department, 150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 330, Decatur, Georgia 30030 and is available for public examination and copying upon request between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. No further environmental reviews of the subject project are proposed to be conducted prior to the request for release of Federal funds. All interested agencies, groups, and persons disagreeing with this decision are invited to submit written comments for consideration by DeKalb County to the Community Development Director. Written comments will be received at 150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 330, Decatur, Georgia on or before February 3, 2012. All comments received will be considered and DeKalb County will not request the release of Federal funds or take any administrative action on the proposed projects prior to the date specified in the preceding sentence. At least one day after the termination of the public comment period for the FONSI, but not before comments on the FONSI have been considered and resolved, DeKalb County will submit a Request for Release of Funds (RROF) and certification to HUD. By so doing DeKalb County will ask HUD to allow it to commit funds to these projects, certifying that (1) it has performed the environmental reviews prescribed by HUD regulations ("Environmental Review Procedures for Title I Community Development Block Grant Program" - 24 CFR part 58), and (2) the Certifying Officer, Chris Morris, Director, DeKalb County Community Development Department, consents to accept and enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental reviews or resulting decision-making and action. The legal effect of the certification is that by approving it, HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act, thus allowing DeKalb County to commit CDBG funds to these projects. HUD will accept objections to its approval of the release of funds and the certification only if it is on one of the following basis: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by the Certifying Officer; or (b) that the applicant's Environmental Review Record for the project indicated omission of a required decision, funding, or step applicable to the project in the environmental review process. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance to HUD at the Regional Environmental Branch, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 40 Marietta Street N.W., 15th floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-9812. Objections to the release of funds on basis other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after February 21, 2012 will be considered by HUD. Chris H. Morris, Director DeKalb County Community Development Department 150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 330, Decatur, Georgia 30030 Date of Publication and Dissemination of Notice January 19, 2012
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The Stone Mountain nonprofit Young People Matter, founded by Simone Joye, recently received a federal grant of $540,000 to operate a homeless shelter for children. Photo provided
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management Public Advisory Superior Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project
January 19, 2012 Advisory Close Date February 19, 2012 Advisory Issue Date
This advisory is issued to inform the public of a receipt of an application for a variance submitted pursuant to a State environmental law. The public is invited to comment during a 30 day period on the proposed activity. Since the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has no authority to zone property or determine land use, only those comments addressing environmental issues related to air, water, and land protection will be considered in the application review process. Written comments should be submitted to: Program Manager, Non Point Source Program, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, 4220 International Parkway, Suite 101, Atlanta, Georgia 30354. Type of Permit Application: Variance to encroach within the 25-foot State waters buffer. Applicable Law: Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act O.C.G.A. 12-7-1 et seq. Applicable Rules: Erosion and Sedimentation Control Chapter 391-3-7 Basis under which variance shall be considered {391-37.05(2)(A-J)}: d Description and Location of Proposed Activity: Applicant proposes to impact 300 linear feet of buffer along a tributary of South Fork Peachtree Creek to conduct sanitary sewer improvements along Superior Avenue near the intersection with North Decatur Road. Map of the project worksite and location can be seen on the DeKalb County Watershed Management website at http://dekalbwatershed.com.
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Miller said the public safety department is trying to staff the 911 center and regularly hold hiring fairs. Miller said the hard work of the dispatchers is appreciated. We have quality employees in there, Miller said. They do an excellent outstanding job every single day. Weve had employees in there who have saved lives via the response theyve given. Our 911 operators are the backbone and the foundation of this department, Miller said. Ive told them that. Theyre well aware of that.
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study. One of the founders, Laurenthia Mesh, said the small group has been notifying people in the proposed city by handing out fliers door to door that cite numerous reasons a city of Brookhaven could be harmful. The flier also stated some of the numbers used in the feasibility study were wrong. However, Jacobs disputed that claim and said he didnt see any hurdles to stop the bill from moving through the House of Representatives, eventually making its way to the ballot for a vote in the presidential primary on March 6. I am not going to respond to a group that is speaking off the cuff, providing false information about what the study contains, when all you need to do is read the study to understand what is being said, Jacobs said. Several months earlier, DeKalb County officials asked the general assembly to table any cityhood votes for a year until more research could be done on how a city of Brookhaven would affect the county. However, Jacobs said that too was unlikely. I doubt that proposal will get any traction in the general assembly, Jacobs said. The study defines the city as being 12.02 square miles, with boundaries of the Fulton County line to the west, the city of Dunwoody to the north, the city of Chamblee to the east, and to the south a portion of I-85.
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DeKalb Board of Education Chairman Eugene Walker stands with wife Patricia, left, and granddaughter Candice Kelly, right. Walker was elected to replace Tom Bowen, who decided not to run again, as board chairman on Jan. 9. Photo provided
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DeKalb Schools hosts Annual School Choice Expo
The DeKalb County School System is hosting the fifth annual School Choice Expo Jan. 21, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Parents will have the opportunity to browse displays of DeKalbs School Choice programs and speak with county teachers and administrators. The event will take place at The Mall at Stonecrest, at 2929 Turner Hill Road in Lithonia. attended the rally, according to a release from GCSA, Those interested in attending can register their group or school at www.schoolchoicereally.com. Bus routes will also be affected and parents can check CSDs bus updates blog at www. csdecatur.net for information about buses running late.
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Battlefield Leadership associate Matt Spaulding at DeKalb History Center. Photo by John Hewittt
associates develop a program and training agenda designed to illustrate how military battle principles can be applied in a practical approach to address corporate leadership needs. One of the great things about Battlefield Leadership is its focus on the experience. Standing on the very ground which men fought and died over is beyond compelling and so highly
memorable. You cannot be at one of our programs and not feel a sense of great reverence for what our fellow Americans went through during these battles... The experience and expertise Battlefield Leadership brings are so much more powerful than sitting in a conference room watching a Power Point presentation about leadership. An Avondale Estates
resident and self-confessed history buff, Spaulding is researching along with Battlefield Leadership to develop a locally based leadership development program on civil rights struggles and principles that would include a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. historic site, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Stone Mountain and other locations that were significant in the Civil Rights
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Chinese New Year festival in Chamblee
The Atlanta Chinatown mall in Chamblee will host a Chinese New Year celebration Jan. 21-22 to celebrate the year of the dragon. The event will take place in the Chinese Cultural Center located behind the mall at 5383C New Peachtree Road, N.E., Chamblee. For mor information, call (678)-516-6048 or e-mail acsec12@gmail.com for more information.
CLARKSTON
Annual DSO childrens concert set
The DeKalb Symphony Orchestras annual childrens concert, Around the World in 60 Minutes, is set for Sunday, Jan. 22, at Georgia Perimeter Colleges Clarkston campus. The event begins at 3 p.m. Variety and musical acts will join the DSO in a portrayal of music from around the world. General admission tickets are $5. Tickets may be purchased online at www.dekalbsymphony. com and general admission tickets may be picked up at the gymnasium box ofce one hour before the concert begins. The campus is at 555 North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston. Call (678) 891-3565.
youth soccer may also to do at the Forest Fleming Arena through Feb. 29, Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Atlanta Spurs Football Club is a youth soccer club and will offer three levels of youth soccer for boys and girls ages 4 to 12: Recreation (under 6 to under 12), Academy (under 9 to under 12) and Select (under 13 to under 19). The registration fee is $100 for the season. Each participant must register prior to Feb. 29. The registration fee must be paid to the Atlanta Spurs FC on the rst day of practice. Practices start March 1 and games begin on March 10. The season ends on May 12. Practices and games will take place at Honeysuckle Park.
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Monday, Jan. 23, is National Handwriting Day. It was founded by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to coincide with the anniversary of the birth of John Hancock, the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. The public is invited to celebrate National Handwriting Day with the Atlanta Friends of the Alphabet Calligraphy Guild and receive bookmarks with their names written in calligraphy. The event is 4 - 6 p.m. The Decatur Library is located at 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. For more information, call (404) 370-3070.
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Senior Tyauna Ellison (32), along with sophomores Destini McClary (10), Jada Byrd (12) and Brea Elmore (5) make up the nucleus of a Redan team that has only one senior and one junior on the roster. Photos by Travis Hudgons
Fresh start
by its youthfulness. Redan is 11-4 with a 5-3 record in Region 6-AAAA, its crowning achievement so far a 56-51 upset of No. 1 Chamblee on Jan. 10. They understand now but earlier they didnt understand about the pride and tradition that goes along with the program, Jackson said. They know they have a high standard to uphold. Redan is 27-17 in state tournament games, third in the county behind Southwest DeKalb and Stephenson. The Raiders have qualified for the state tournament 12 seasons in a row and have lost in the first round only twice during that stretchin 2000 and last season. Jackson noticed a collective commitment in the summer and again over the holiday break to put the necessary work in to be competitive in a region that features the states top-ranked team (Cham
Redan coach Jerry Jackson has endured an unpredictable season that has included a win over No. 1 Chamblee followed by a loss Jan. 13 to Tucker. Photo by Travis Hudgons
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earned his 300th career win in the Jaguars 53-24 win over Langston Hughes on Jan. 10. The Jaguars also beat Westlake 59-42 on Jan. 13. Watkins is 301-92 in his 14th season at the school. He has led the Jaguars to at least 21 wins in 10 straight seasons. He also led the Jaguars to the Class AAAAA state championship in 2008 and the Jaguars are 28-9 in state tournament games, second only to Southwest DeKalb among girls programs in the county. Southwest DeKalb: Nicole Martin had 11 points and 16 rebounds in a 58-43 win over Tucker on Jan. 10. Martin scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Nicole Razor added 11 points, as the Panthers defeated Dunwoody 72-7 on Jan. 13. Decatur: Queen Alford scored 25 points and Jordan Dillard added 14 in an 82-16 win over W.D. Mohammed on Jan. 14. Redan: The Raiders made only 15 of 50 field goal attempts in a 51-38 loss to Tucker. Brea Elmore had 10 points and 10 rebounds, Jada Byrd had 13 rebounds and Tyuana Ellison had 10 rebounds. Tucker: Erykah Davenport had 21 points and 11 rebounds in a 51-38 win over Redan on Feb. 13. Kristen Kennebrew added 15 points and Quiana Tucker grabbed 10 rebounds for the Tigers (10-5, 4-3 in Region 6-AAAA). Davenport also scored 24 points in a 58-43 loss to Southwest DeKalb on Jan. 10. St. Pius: The Golden Lions (13-3, 5-0) defeated North Atlanta 37-34 on Jan. 10 as Anna ODonnell scored eight points to lead the way. Asia Durr scored 19 points and Sydni Payne added 13 in a 61-26 win over Grady on Jan. 13. On Jan. 14, Greater Atlanta Christian defeated the Golden Lions 45-30. Dylan Krause led all scorers with nine points.
Tucker senior Joseph Ledbetter (21) blocks a shot against Redan in a win on Jan. 13. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Dunwoody: The Wildcats went 1-2 in games Jan. 10-16. Richard Carrington scored 16 points in an 80-54 loss to Southwest DeKalb and 22 in a 73-54 loss to Wesleyan. The Wildcats beat Mount Pisgah with GIRLS BASKETBALL DeChard Hamilton scoring 24 Towers: Brett Oakman scored 18 points to lead the Titans past Arabia points, Ryan Elmore 15 and Bradley Mountain on Jan. 13. The Titans also Stephenson: Coach Dennis Watkins McKnight 13.
Arabia Mountain: Bakari Copeland scored 27 points in two games as the Rams beat Cedar Grove 50-37 and lost to Towers 69-57. Copeland scored 14 points against Cedar Grove, while Curtis Wilson added 11 and Phillip Reeves had 12 rebounds. Austin Henderson scored 18 in the loss to Towers, Copeland added 13 and Reeves had 10 rebounds and five blocks.
defeated Woodward Academy 42-39 in overtime on Jan. 10. Tucker: The Tigers lost to Southwest DeKalb 68-63 on Jan. 10 and defeated Redan on Jan. 13. In the loss to Southwest, Daniel Woodard scored 18 points and Joseph Ledbetter had 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Tigers had won four of their previous five games before the loss.
Marist freshman Kenneth Brinson (195 pounds) went undefeated in the tournament and raised his record to 39-0 this season. Stephenson, the Area 2-AAAAA champion, was the only county team to win its first match. The Jaguars defeated Benedictine 52-24 in the first round, then lost to North Forsyth and Tift County in the elimination bracket. The Jaguars forfeited two weight classes against North Forsyth, coach Phillip Noble said. Were a very young team, Noble said. Were only losing three seniors
from this team and everyone else will be back. We felt like we had a pretty good tournament. We only lost to North Forsyth by one match. The Jaguars had three wrestlers who went undefeated in three matches at the state tournamentDarrion Perry (160 pounds), Steven Wiley (152) and Brandon Addison (285). Perry, a sophomore, is 28-0 this season and is considered one of the top wrestlers in the state in his weight class. Wiley, also, a sophomore, is 27-0. McNair, the runner-up to Woodward Academy in the Area 5-AAA
tournament a week ago, went 1-2 in the Class AAA state meet. After a loss to Glenn Hills in the first round, the Mustangs defeated Crisp County 56-12 and were eliminated in a 40-33 loss to Columbus. Four Mustangs wrestlers went undefeated in the tournamentKhalil Williams (120 pounds), Darius Harris (106), Fred Armstrong (160) and Dontavious Smith (182). Williams is undefeated at 31-0 and Smith is at 24-2. Southwest DeKalb went 0-2 in the AAAA tournament, losing to Forest Park 43-33 and to Alexander 46-30.
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Playing together as a team, according to coach Jerry Jackson, has helped Redan compile an 11-4 record. Photos by Travis Hudgons
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blee), a former state champion (Southwest DeKalb) and two other teams (Miller Grove and Marist) that will be fighting for a spot in the state playoffs. Youve got to be prepared to play in this region, Jackson said. This was the most effective Christmas break weve had. Plus, their attitude, hard work and dedication showed in the off season. Jackson has seen his team grow up quickly this season. Redan had a four-game winning streak snapped Jan. 13 in a loss to Tucker. The
Raiders only other losses have come by five points to Miller Grove, three points to Southwest DeKalb and by 10 against Douglas County. Our strength has really been our togetherness and willingness to accept each other and play together as a team, Jackson said. They all do a great job of supporting each other and picking each other up. They dont care whos going to score 20, they just want to win. Despite the lack of upperclassmen, Jackson knew experience would not be an issue as many of
his players are on AAU teams, and most have played in recreation leagues for years. Ellison, an undersized post player, personifies the teams work ethic. She is the teams leading rebounder, averages double figures in scoring and is a defensive catalyst. Sophomores Destiny McClary and Brea Elmore are the teams top two scorers. Sophomore Jada Byrd and freshmen Kiante Jones and Jaylen Black also have made an impact, Jackson said. Were young and were learn-
ing from experience, Jackson said. Thats what is keeping us together. If things dont go the way we want, we come back and work on it. We dont get down. Jackson knows that with youth also comes unpredictability, which is something he has prepared for this season. We never know which team were going to get each game, Jackson said. We got a good one on the court the other night [against Chamblee]. The last few games theyve played well together.
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