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Newspaper Page TextQUICK FINDER Business 17A Education 18-19A Sports 21-23A Opinion 5A Classified 20A CARING BUNNYOPENS ARMS TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LOCAL, 8A FERNBANK ROBOTICS TEAM GOING TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LOCAL, 14A STEPHENSON DEFEATS DUNWOODY IN REGION PLAY EDUCATION, 23A The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain. \jjti lib Social/ BS® thechampionnewspaper.com SECTION A: VOL. 24 NO. 40 TheChampion ist Place General excellence Award Winner Georgia Press Association ‘Better Newspaper Contest’ 2007, 2009-2014 APRIL 2 - 8, 2015 500 Nonprofit group seeks end to sign clutter by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalbchamp.com South DeKalb resident Arthur Davis is on a campaign against illegal signs. “It’s a pollution in our area,” said Davis, standing near the intersection of Panthersville and Flat Shoals roads, where six signs line a side street. One sign advertises Wyndham Fall Estates, a subdivision two miles away. Another sign is for Elite Academy & Learning Center, a daycare that is no longer there. Davis, as a DeKalb County Code Compliance neighborhood ambassador, has been trained to identify issues regarding illegal signs, improp erly parked vehicles, open storage of trash and See Clutter on page 15A Arthur Davis, a member of Strategies to Achieve Restoration Today Inc., stands in front of a cluster of signs he says should be removed. Photo by Andrew Cauthen Clean Streams Task Force says ‘no’ to ‘poop in our creeks’ by Carla Parker carla@dekalbchamp.com Environmentalists are tired of human waste flowing in the South River and want the public to know about it. The Clean Streams Task Force held a “Cut the Crap” rally at the Custer Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Facility in Atlanta March 28, in honor of World Water Day 2015. The overflow facility is the only remaining source of combined sewer pollution affecting South River. Protestors held signs that said “Poop in Our Creeks-that’s OK with EPA” and “Better Fix It While We Can” while chanting as drivers drove by. Jacqueline Echols, presi dent of the South River Watershed Alliance (SRWA), said the purpose of the rally was to raise public awareness about the combined sewer overflow issue that has been going on for 15 years. See Streams on page 15A A man wearing a toilet costume joined environmentalists during a rally at the Custer Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Facility. Photo by Carla Parker 64 116 DCHAMPIONNEWSPAPER QCHAMPIONNEWS gCHAMPIONNEWSPAPER ©CHAMPNEWSPAPER

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The champion newspaper. (Decatur, GA) 19??-current, April 02, 2015, Image 1