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The Champion, Thursday, June 11 - 17, 2015
The Champion receives top press award for eighth time
For the seventh con
secutive year, and the eighth
time since 2007, The Cham
pion Newspaper has received
the top award in its division
in the Georgia Press Asso
ciation.
The Champion Newspa
per won the 2015 first-place
general excellence award
in the associations Better
Newspaper Contest on June
5 at the Westin Jekyll Island
Hotel during the group’s
129th annual convention.
The Champion also won the
award in 2007 and 2009-
2014.
“The Champion does
an outstanding job serv
ing several DeKalb County
communities with a relent
lessly local focus, including
news about politics, govern
ment, events/activities, civic
organizations, churches,
businesses, social issues and
controversies, construction
projects, schools/education,
features/human interest,
economy, crime sports and
more,” a judge said about
The Champions local news
coverage, which won first
place.
The newspaper’s front
page, designed by produc
tion manager Kemesha
Hunt, also won first place,
with a judge citing its “great
use of photos,” “uncluttered
design” and “consistency of
style from issue to issue.”
“I appreciated how The
Champion makes the most
of what it can do,” a judge
stated about the newspa
per’s lifestyle coverage. “I
could easily surmise the
focus of the publication—to
teach readers something
about their community.”
The Champion won first
place for its lifestyle cover
age. Gale Horton Gay is the
lifestyle editor. Gay also won
first place for feature writ
ing.
Managing editor An
drew Cauthen won first
place for education cover
age. A judge cited Cauthen’s
“excellent use of photos and
editorial content in educa
tion writing.”
Photojournalist Travis
Hudgons won first place in
the sports feature photo cat
egory for a “touching photo”
of the jersey of a Miller
Grove basketball player who
died.
Hudgons also won first
and second place in the
photo essay category.
Cartoonist Fitzroy
James won first place in the
weekly paper division for an
editorial cartoon about the
DeKalb County School Dis
trict’s superintendent search.
James also won second place
in the category.
Nigel Roberts won first
place in the religion cover
age category.
“The articles by this
author are solid and this
newspaper should be thank
ful to have these articles for
its readers,” a judge stated
about Roberts.
Other awards won by
The Champion are:
Newspaper website, main
tained by Donna Turner,
second place;
Information graphics, Tra
vis Hudgons, third place;
Website photo, Travis
Hudgons, second place;
Business coverage, Kathy
Mitchell, second and third
place;
News photo, Travis Hud
gons, second place;
Sports writing, Carla
Parker, second and third
place;
Editorial page, third place;
Editorial writing, Andrew
Cauthen, second and third
place;
Hard news writing, An
drew Cauthen, second
place;
Investigative reporting,
Andrew Cauthen, Tra
vis Hudgons and Donna
Turner, third place.
Headline writing, John
Hewitt, second place, and
Andrew Cauthen, third
place.
DEKALB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
3 rd PUBLIC
MILLAGE RATE HEARING
NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
The Board of Education of the City of Decatur has tentatively adopted a
millage rate of 19.50 mills which will require an increase in property taxes
by 7.73% for fiscal year 2015-2016. This is a decrease from the 2014-2015
millage rate of 20.50 mills.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax
increase to be held at the Board Room of the Central Office, 125 Electric
Avenue, Decatur, Georgia on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at
the Board Room of the Central Office, 125 Electric Avenue, Decatur,
Georgia on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. and Tuesday, July 14,
2015 at 6:00 p.m. This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of
19.50 mills, an increase of 1.4 mills over the rollback millage. Without this
tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 18.10 mills.
The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $400,000
is approximately $280.
Wednesday, June 17,2015
TIME LOCATION
6:15 p.m. J. David Williamson Board Room
Administrative & Instructional Complex
1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Citizens interested in reviewing a detailed copy of the program
based budget may do so by visiting the DeKalb County School
District website at www.dekalb.kl2.ga.us.
FOR INFORMATION, CALL THE OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT 678-676-0133.
District 5
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Notice of Property Tax Increase
The City of Stone Mountain has tentatively adopted a millage rate
which will require an increase in property taxes by 14.83% percent.
All concerned citizens are invited to public hearings on this tax
increase to be held at City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, GA
30083 on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Time and place of an additional public hearing on this tax increase is
at City Hall, 875 Main Street, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 on
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at
7:00 p.m.
The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 22.00 mils, an
increase of 2.842 mils. Without this tentative tax increase, the
millage rate will be no more than 19.158 mils. The proposed tax
increase for a home with a fair market value of $50,000 is
approximately $56.84 and the proposed tax increase for non
homestead property with a fair market value of $75,000 is
approximately $85.26.