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Avondale Estates
Elementary school to host movie screening
Avondale Elementary School PTA will host
its “Screen on the Green” event, featuring the
Disney movie Frozen, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is $1 per adult for PTA members, $2
for non-members and 50 cents per child. The
PTA will be selling concessions at the event. The
school is located at 8 Lakeshore Drive. For more
information, visit www.avondalees.dekalb.kl2.
ga.us.
Brookhaven
City to host Cherry Blossom Festival
The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival
will be held March 28, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Black
burn Park. The event will feature music, arts
and crafts, food and more. The Drifters and The
Coasters” will headline the evening’s events. The
Coasters begin playing at 7 p.m. followed by The
Drifters at 8 p.m. for a non-stop hit parade of
R&B classics from the ‘50s and ‘60s, including
Save the Last Dance for Me, Up on the Roof, This
Magic Moment, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown and
Under the Boardwalk. The park is located at 3493
Ashford Dunwoody Road. For more informa
tion, visit www.brookcherryfest.org.
Decatur
Community center's annual Easter Egg hunt
set
The Community Achievement Center Inc.
will have its annual Easter Egg Hunt Extravagan
za Saturday, April 4, from noon to 2 p.m.
Children are encouraged to bring their
Easter baskets for the event, which will feature
games, prizes, face painting, a moonwalk and
more.
The event will be held at Flat Shoals Park,
4522 Flat Shoals Pkwy., Decatur.
For more information, call (404) 214-7400.
East Metro DeKalb CID to host public
listening sessions
A series of public meeting will allow com
mercial property owners, business owners, com
munity leaders and stakeholders to help guide
the future of DeKalb County’s newest improve
ment district.
Board members of the East Metro DeKalb
Community Improvement District (CID) will
hosts community listening session March 31.
The event will be at Covington Eibrary, 3500
Covington Highway Decatur, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Formed in May 2014, the East Metro DeKalb
CID currently has 205 property owners, repre
senting 405 parcels. The projected revenue from
the 2014 taxes is approximately $175,000.
For more information, visit www.eastmetro-
cid.com.
100 Black Women of Decatur/DeKalb to host
fundraiser
The community is invited to an evening of
food and live entertainment in support of two
causes.
The Decatur/DeKalb chapter of the National
Coalition of 100 Black Women will host its “Re
lax, Relate, Release” wine sip on Saturday, April
11, from 7 to 11 p.m. The fundraiser will be held
at the Georgia Piedmont Technical College Con
ference Center, 495 North Indian Creek Drive,
Clarkston.
A portion of the event proceeds will support
The American Heart Association and the chap
ter’s Fegacy program, a leadership and empow
erment initiative for high school girls.
General admission tickets are $45. Tables can
be reserved for $360. The deadline to purchase
tickets is March 30; no tickets will be sold at the
door. Vendors may market their businesses for a
fee of $85. All sales are final.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.
eventbrite.com/e/ncbw-decaturdekalb-
chapter-annual-wine-sip-fundraiser-tick-
ets-15808906866.
Grant money available for South River basin
projects
The Upper Ocmulgee River Resource and
Conservation Development Council has grant
money available for projects that will help to im
prove the water quality in the South River Basin.
The type of projects that can receive grants
include: repair/replacement/maintenance of sep
tic systems; trash and debris removal; errosion
control/stream bank stabilization; backyard proj
ects (e.g. stream buffer planting/maintenance);
agricultural projects (e.g., eliminating stream
access for farm animals, pasture cross fencing,
etc.); animal waste control; and public education.
Applications are being accepted until Oct.
31 for the grants, which will reimburse a portion
(up to 50 percent or up to the cap for the type of
project) of the cost of the project. For additional
information contact Bob Scott at rcd.southriv-
er@gmail.com or at (770) 596-7068.
Lithonia
Sorority to present healthy menu fundraiser
at Arizona's
On Saturday, March 28, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Inc.’s Fambda Epsilon Omega Chapter
in conjunction with Arizona’s Restaurant will
present a “Healthy Heart Menu.” This event will
take place from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Arizona’s Res
taurant located at 2940 Stonecrest Circle, Litho-
nia.
The members of Fambda Epsilon Omega
Chapter will serve as hostesses and will encour
age all patrons to select a healthy item from the
“Healthy Heart Menu.” This event is a commu
nity event to promote a healthy diet, healthy eat
ing and living.
“We want to encourage everyone to eat
healthier, make healthier choices and exercise
which will improve their quality of life. Our goal
is to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke
by encouraging members of the community to
make healthy choices,” Racquel Jackson, chair
man of the program committee, said.
The special AKA menu is a low sodium/low
calorie menu that is designed to maintain the
taste of each “Healthy Heart Menu” item. Ten
percent of the purchase of the “Healthy Heart
Menu” is donated to the American Heart and
Stroke Associations.
State of the City address scheduled
Residents of Avondale Estates are invited
to attend the 2015 State of the City at Avondale
Estates City Hall, 21 North Avondale Plaza, on
Monday, March 30. Mayor Pro Tern Terry Giag-
er will address the community on the city’s ac
complishments and progress over the past year,
and what’s in store for the rest of 2015.
Stone Mountain
Commissioner and state representative to
host annual Easter egg hunt
DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Wat
son and state Rep. Billy Mitchell will present
the 11th annual Super District 7 Easter Egg-
travaganza on Sunday, April 5, from 2 to 5 p.m.
at Wade Walker Park.
Approximately, 400 to 500 attendees are
expected. There is no cost to attend, however
children must bring their own baskets. Registra
tion is at 2 p.m.
Caricatures by Fitzroy will be available for
$5 cash and there will be a raffle for Easter bas
kets for $ 1 cash.
There will be an Easter egg hunt at 2:30 p.m.
for ages 3 and 4 at 3 p.m., for children ages 5 to
7 and 3:30 p.m. for ages 8 to 10. There will also
be face painting, jumper play areas, snacks and
entertainment.
Event partners include DeKalb County
Public Safety, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Of
fice, South DeKalb Family and Wade Walker
YMCA’s, Radio One’s Praise 102.5, the Na
tional Football League Players Association, and
State Rep. Dewey McClain.
In the event of rain, the event will be moved
inside to the YMC A Wade Walker, located at
5585 Rockbridge Rd, Stone Mountain.
For additional information, call (404) 371 -
3681.