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Newspaper Page TextQUICK FINDER Business 19A Education 18A Sports 21-23A Opinion 5A Classified 20A 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/ thechampionnewspaper.com SECTION A: VOL. 24 NO. 51 TheChampion JUNE 18 - 24, 2015 ist Place General excellence Award winner Georgia Press Association ‘Better Newspaper Contest’ 2007, 2009-2015 500 District 5 race headed to runoff by Andrew Cauthen andre w@dekalb champ, com O ne more hurdle remains before residents ofDeKalb County Commission Dis trict 5 have a commissioner: a runoff election. In the June 16 special election to fill the seat va cated by interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May, the field of 10 candidates was narrowed down to two: Mereda Davis Johnson and George Turner. Johnson, an attorney and wife of Congressman Hank Johnson, received 27.21 percent of the votes while Turner, a District 5 Commu nity Council president and a retired MARTA manager, received 15.94 percent. “I thank the citizens of the 5th District for all of their support and con fidence in me,” Mereda Johnson said in a phone See District 5 on page 15A Johnson Turner Males under age 15 are twice as likely to be victims of pool injuries or deaths, according to statistics. File photos by Andrew Cauthen andrew@dekalb champ, com hile pools can be fun places to beat the summer heat, they also can be deadly and dangerous. In the United States, there was an average of 382 pool or spa-related drownings reported per year from 2010 to 2012 involv ing children younger than 15 years of age. Additionally there were, on average, 5,400 pool- or spa-related hospital treated nonfatal injuries each year for 2012 through 2014 for the same age group. “Males under 15 are twice as likely to be a victim,” said Alexander Smith, an environ mental health specialist for DeKalb County Board of Health. One of Smith’s tasks is in specting the county’s more than 900 nonresi- dential pools. Smith said parents should “closely moni tor” young children and discourage them from engaging in risky behavior such as jumping from chairs and objects beside the pool. “Teaching kids to swim” or hang on the side of the pool also is important,” Smith said. To prevent injuries and drowning at public pools, Smith said parents need to be diligent. Smith said the first thing he would check at a pool is its inspection score. This 34-point inspection covers pool water, pumping filtra- See Pool on page15A 64 116 1 f CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER □CHAMPIONNEWS PVCHAMPIONNEWSPAPER ©CHAMPNEWS

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