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Avondale
Estates
Church offering parenting class
offered
Avondale Pattillo United Method
ist Church will host a parenting class
as a support group for parents, grand
parents, aunts, uncles and guardians.
The class will be held Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.
Attendees will watch and discuss seg
ments of a Focus on the Family DVD
titled Your Child, and focused on the
challenges of parenting. For more
information call (404) 294-4063 or
(678)925-2538.
LifeLine offering spay and neuter
promotion
LifeLine Animal Project is cel
ebrating World Spay Day Feb. 24 with
a “Fifty Pit Fix” promotion. Governor
Nathan Deal has proclaimed Febru
ary “Spay Neuter Awareness Month”
in Georgia and in honor of World
Spay Day LifeLine Animal Project will
be fixing 50 pit bulls for free. Vaccina
tions will also be available at the time
of surgery for $10 each. Pet owners
interested in having their pit bull or
pit bull mixed breed dogs spayed or
neutered for free should email com-
munity@lifelineanimal.org or call
(678) 883-2349.
Chamblee
Free document shredding event set
Residents can protect them
selves from identity theft by taking
their documents for secure onsite
shredding at an event benefitting the
Chamblee Charter High School wres
tling team.
The event will be Saturday, Feb.
21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the park
ing lot of Lowes, 4950 Peachtree In
dustrial Blvd, Chamblee.
The professional shredding ser
vices will be provided by Shred-It, a
division of Cintas.
There is no charge for this event,
but donations are appreciated ($5 per
bankers box suggested), and benefit
the Chamblee Charter High School
wrestling team. Proceeds will be used
to provide equipment, uniforms and
gear for the team.
For more information, email
kree8s@bellsouth.net.
Dunwoody
Construction brings temporary
changes
Construction crews working at
the State Farm project site at Perim
eter Center Parkway and Hammond
Drive will temporarily reduce south
bound traffic on Perimeter Center
Parkway to one through lane at the
Hammond Drive intersection.
Two southbound lanes on Perim
eter Center Parkway will be closed
and redirected to allow for expanded
construction activity and access at
the site. Traffic will be shifted to the
east side of the Parkway between
Hammond Drive and Goldkist Drive
during construction. Construction
crews will be creating tunnels beneath
Perimeter Center Parkway to create
access to the new building and park
ing deck.
Several benefits will be realized at
the intersection once the site building
construction is complete. The inter
section will add a new northbound
left turn lane from Perimeter Center
Parkway and the new tunnel project
will allow for improved safety and
efficiency for motorists exiting Pe
rimeter Center Parkway and enter a
dedicated tunnel for the facility park
ing deck.
Construction crews are work
ing with the Dunwoody public works
department to ensure traffic altera
tions and adjustments made during
construction are safe and produce
minimal impacts on area traffic. Ac
cess southbound on Perimeter Center
Parkway will be available but mo
torists may want to plan alternative
routes to avoid the area.
Temporary lane reductions, along
with potential road access adjust
ments, are expected to occur through
out the construction process over the
next 10 months.
Lithonia
Senior center celebrates Black His
tory Month
The The Lou Walker Senior Cen
ter Performing Arts Group will pres
ent “Afro-American Culture Through
Song & Dance,” Monday, Feb. 23, at 2
p.m. The performance is an adapta
tion from its Unveiling Contribution
Series, inspired by cast member Irmo-
gene Alexander. The narratives and
musical arrangements of this perfor
mance are produced and directed by
Gwendolyn F. Thomas.
Visitors to the center may also ex
perience diversified dance instruction
by volunteers Taliah Hasan, Sharon
Patterson, Gwendolyn F. Thomas,
Ruth Mayo, Johnnie Kimbrough,
Yvonne Eversley and Senella Watson.
In addition to the dance perfor
mances, the afternoon will feature
Negro spirituals from the Wings Over
Jordan collection and educational nar
ratives of the Afro-American culture
in Georgia and Alabama, which in
clude the periods of slavery through
the present.
The Lou Walker Senior Center is
located at 2538 Panola Road, Lithonia.
Admission and parking are free.
Stone
Mountain
Community group to present
proposed 2015 initiatives
The South DeKalb Improvement
Association Inc. (SDIA) will present
its slate of 2015 proposed initiatives at
its first quarter meeting. The meeting
is Saturday, Feb. 21, at Berean Com
munity Center, 2440 Young Road,
Stone Mountain, from 9:30 to 11:30
a.m. and is open to the public.
“The nonprofit, nonpolitical
group delivered impressive results
on 2014 projects,” states an an
nouncement from the group. “The
2015 activities will build upon 2014
accomplishments and explore new
opportunities to implement code
enforcement, economic develop
ment, educational standards, housing,
and public safety initiatives in South
DeKalb County.”
SDIA’s mission is to provide the
residents of south DeKalb a voice and
platform in addressing issues that af
fect quality of life by collaborating
with other community organizations,
public officials, non-profit groups,
and businesses.
To join, request information about
the organization, or to invite SDIA to
speak to a homeowners’ association,
civic organization, church or group,
email SDIAinc@gmail.com.
Labor department to co-sponsor
career expo
The Georgia Department of Labor
(GDOL), Goodwill and Berean Chris
tian Church will co-sponsor a career
expo Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Stone
Mountain for veterans and other job
seekers.
The expo will be held from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Berean Christian
Church’s Kerwin B. Lee Family Life
Center, located at 2197 Young Road in
Stone Mountain.
Staff members of the GDOL’s
DeKalb and North Metro career
centers will be on-hand to provide
employment-related services to all job
seekers.
Applicants should bring plenty
of resumes and be prepared to fill out
company applications and interview
for available job openings. Attendees
are encouraged to dress appropriately
to improve their opportunities for
jobs.
Organizations expected to par
ticipate in the expo include: AARP,
AFLAC, Airserv Corporation, Allied
Barton Security Services, Americorps,
Ark Temp Staffing, Avon, Brenau Uni
versity, Cintas #201, DeKalb County
E-911, DeKalb County Fire Rescue,
DeKalb Workforce Development, De
partment of Juvenile Justice, Emory
Temporary Services, Family Bridge
Healthcare Services, Forest Park Po
lice Department, Georgia Department
of Community Affairs, Gate Gourmet,
Georgia Department of Public Safety,
Georgia State Vets Upward Bound,
Handy Ace Hardware, Hire Dynam
ics, K.E.S. Inc., Keller Center for Cor
porate Learning, Lowe’s, Manpower,
New Horizons Computer Learning
Center, Orkin, Perimeter Staffing,
Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, RR
Donnelley, Teachers R US Educational
Placement, and the U.S. General Ser
vices Administration.
For more information about the
expo, or employers wanting to regis
ter, contact the GDOL’s Kenneth Din
kins at (404) 298-5248, or Goodwill’s
South DeKalb Career Center at (404)
728-8605
Thicker
Community improvement district
to hold second meeting
The Tucker-Northlake Commu
nity Improvement District (CID) will
hold the second of three public meet
ings to gather input for a future area
master plan on Thursday, Feb. 26, at
Rehoboth Baptist Church, 2997 Law-
renceville Hwy., Tucker.
Those interested in the future
economic development of Tucker
and the Northlake area are invited to
participate. The group will meet from
6 to 8 p.m. in the church’s ground
floor auditorium. Representatives of
Atlanta-based Sizemore Group, which
has been retained by the Tucker-
Northlake CID to conduct a market
study and prepare a master plan, will
review comments and suggestions
collected through an online public
survey (sites.google.com/site/tucker-
northlakecidstudy) and from written
feedback solicited during the first
public meeting in January.