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The Champion, Thursday, June 18 - 24, 2015
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tion and treatment system,
deck/pool area, sewage dis
posal, shower/toilet facilities,
operator’s records and safety.
“As a parent I would see if
the rules are being followed,”
Smith said. Each facility with
a public pool is required by
county ordinance to post and
follow the county’s safety rules
and regulations regarding
pools:
• No glass, sharp objects or
hazardous materials allowed.
• No animals other than see-
ing-eye dogs allowed.
• Shower and rinse thoroughly
before entering the pool.
• No food or drink allowed
within five feet of pool.
• Children must be accompa
nied by an adult.
• Bathers with open wounds,
skin conditions or any com
municable condition not al
lowed.
• No solo bathing.
• Bathers shall wear bathing
attire.
• No spitting, spouting, blow
ing nose or any bodily excre
tion allowed.
• No running, rough or bois
terous play allowed.
A sign must also state the
maximum number of swim
mers allowed and the pool’s
hours of operation.
Another part of pool safety
is water clarity, Smith said.
“What you want to see is
the water clarity,” Smith said.
“If you can’t clearly see the
main drain, I wouldn’t get in
the pool.
“We don’t all carry a pool
pH test kit,” Smith said, but a
parent should be able to count
the holes in a pool drain cover
in the deep end.
“If you can’t see the bottom
of the pool, it makes supervi
sion impossible,” Smith said.
Smith said parents should
also determine whether a pool
has a certified pool operator.
This person, which is dif
ferent from a lifeguard, “is
going to know what to do in
case of a fecal” contamination,
Smith said. Certified pool
operators are trained in me
chanical systems operations
and maintenance, including
chemical treatment and pool
filtration.
“This is beyond a life
guard’s knowledge,” Smith
said. “They are familiar with
the risks of the pool.”
For more information on
pool safety and to find a pool’s
inspection score, go to www.
dekalbhealth.net/envhealth/
swimming-pool-beach-spa/
swimmer-safety.
DeKalb County pool inspectors are tasks with checking the county’s 900 public pools. File photo
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interview with The Champion. “This is my first
campaign, so I feel very humbled by the confi
dence that the voters have put in me.”
During the runoff campaign, Johnson said
she will continue to do what she has been doing.
“That’s knocking on doors, talking to voters
and just working hard,” Johnson said.
Johnson said she respects and admires the
other candidates.
“I look forward to working with them,” John
son said. “All of the candidates had their hearts in
it and all of them believe in DeKalb. It was a good
race, [and] a very positive race.”
If elected, Johnson said she will address
“some basic things” that have been ignored while
the district was without representation.
Beautification is one priority, she said. “When
you look good, you feel good and positive energy
comes from that.”
When asked about going into the runoff
election, Turner said, “Naturally, I’m excited
about it. We’re half way there. I believe.. .we can
make this thing happen.
Turner said the campaign so far has been
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very civil.
“There’s been no real debate. I think we’re go
ing to come down to probably more of a debate
format in terms of forums here on in and we can
deal with some of those issues and see who’s most
prepared to move DeKalb forward,” Turner said.
If elected, “the top priority is, naturally, eth
ics,” Turner said.
A goal would be to “clear this whole matter
up about the allegedly unethical behavior within
the DeKalb County government and gain the
trust of the people again that DeKalb County is
a good place.. .with officials who have scruples
and will manage this county in a very respectable
manner,” Turner said.
The results for the other candidates include
Melvin Jerome Edmondson, business consultant
and senior partner of Edmondson Associates,
10.76 percent; Kathryn T. Rice, founder of the
South DeKalb Improvement Association and of
the Building Quality Communities consulting
firm, 9.38 percent; Gina Mangham, attorney
and local activist, 9.31 percent; Gregory Adams,
a pastor and former police officer, 7.71 percent;
Harmel Deanne Codi, child advocate, educa
tional consultant and owner of Codi & Associ
ated Business Solutions, 6.83 percent; Vaughn
Irons, DeKalb County Development Authority
chairman and CEO of APD Solutions, 6.1 per
cent; Gwendolyn R. “Gwen” Green, writer and
school media specialist, 4.06 percent; and Ken
neth Saunders III, a technology consultant and
former DeKalb Community Council member,
2.53 percent.
Approximately 5.1 percent, or 4,557, of the
district’s 82,742 registered voters participated in
the special election to fill the seat which officially
became vacant May 8 when May resigned after
nearly two years of being the interim DeKalb
County CEO.
May stopped representing District 5 constitu
ents as a commissioner in July 2013 when he was
appointed interim DeKalb County CEO by Gov.
Nathan Deal, following the indictment and sus
pension of DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis.
The runoff will be held on Tuesday, July 14,
with early voting beginning on June 29 at the
Registration & Elections office. The early voting
poll will be closed July 3.
For more information, visit www.dekalbvotes.
com, or call (404) 298-4020.
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