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The Champion, Thursday, April 2 - 8, 2015 EDUCATION PAGE 19A Shaun Spence poses with a mascot at Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Georgia students awarded for red ribbon week initiatives Martin Bong Jr. sings Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. g® I Georgia Department of Behav ioral Health and Developmental Disabilities commissioner Frank Berry discusses the risk of try ing drugs. Atlanta Dream star player DeLisha Milton-Jones presents student with a signed basketball. Hambrick Elementary School receives an honorable mention. by Ashley Oglesby ashley@dekalbchamp.com Nearly 200 Red Ribbon Week competitors were hon ored at The Georgia Depart ment of Behavioral Health and Developmental Dis abilities (DBHDD) awards ceremony March 30 at Fern- bank Museum. The celebration honored schools and community- based organizations that assisted in educating their communities about liv ing drug-free and making healthy lifestyle choices. Awards were presented to Druid Hills Middle School, Factory Shoals Elementary school, and Gwinnett United in Drug Education youth advisory board for their efforts to cre ate drug-free zones in their community. “Were celebrating com munities and young people at different high schools, elementary schools and middle schools who’ve done events, submitted posters and videos that celebrates being drug free,” preven tion services director Travis Fretwell said. The nationwide event was established in memory of drug enforcement admin istration agent Enrique S. “Kiki” Camarena who was tortured and murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico and is celebrated October 23-30 each year The event featured guest DBHDD commissioner Frank Berry and Atlanta Dream star DeLisha Mil- ton-Jones. Berry said advocacy ef forts both from the DBHDD and outside organizations have begun to impact policy makers across the state. “Impacting children at a young age is the most im portant work we can do. It certainly helps us avoid the long-term treatment situa tions that would come up; if we can provide prevention services and getting to chil dren at an early age will help them stay drug free.” Berry added, “I would love for the kids to grow up and continue to have an investment in being a public servant and helping others live a drug -free life. If we can get to them early enough and they get the re ward of seeing what it is like to help others that may carry them through their adoles cent years and in early adult years where they want to invest a career into helping others.” Factory Shoals Elementary School receives an award for its division as well as a trophy for its initiatives. CITY OF DORAVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.G.G.A. §50-18-71(b) this is public notice that the City of Doraville has designated the City Clerk as the official records officer pursuant to the Open Records Act. All Open Records Requests must be submitted in writing to the City Clerk directly. Such written requests may be submitted in person, via mail to: City Clerk, Doraville City Hall, 3725 Park Avenue, Doraville, GA 30340 or by sending an e-mail to City.Clerk@doravillega.us.
