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QUICK FINDER Business 110 Education 10-170 Sports 71-730 Opinion HO classified 20A FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE COLLARDS LOCAL 2A WILL LEE MAY BE A MAN OF HISWOROP EDITORIAL 4A LOCAL FOOB PANTRY SUPPORTS REFUGEE FAMILIES LOCAL10A The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, OA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chambtee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain. Mb Social/ 30 thechampionnewspaper.com SECTION A: VOL 25 NO. 16 TheChampion APTflDED 1K _ 01 001K I ist Place General excellence Award winner Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest’ 2007, 2009-2015 OCTOBER 15 - 21,2015 50C From left, in March interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May hired former state attorney general Mike Bowers “to root out corruption,...waste, fraud and abuse.” Bowers’ recent report says May should resign. Photos by Andrew Cauthen Residents, commissioners seek action after corruption report by Andrew Cauthen Andre w@dekalb champ, com N early two weeks after the release of a special investigators report al leging “a pattern of corrosive and widespread misconduct” in the DeKalb County gov ernment, three online peti tions are calling for the in terim county CEO to resign. Additionally, two county commissioners have intro duced resolutions calling for a state investigation and more internal controls. As of Oct. 13, more than 440 people had signed three online petitions calling for the resignation of interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May after the results of a re port by former state attorney general Mike Bowers, who investigated the Atlanta Pub lic Schools cheating scandal. Bowers was picked in March by May to root out county corruption. See Corruption on page 15A South DeKalb Senior Center finally opens by Andrew Cauthen Andrew@dekalbchamp.com Seniors in south DeKalb packed the house Oct. 12 for the official grand opening of their newly-constructed center. Located at 1931 Candler Road, the South DeKalb Senior Center is on the site of an old funeral home that was turned into a senior cen ter. “We can fix it up, we can paint it up, you can do whatever can, but every time I came in here, I could not [forget] it was an old funeral home,” said DeKalb County Com missioner Larry Johnson whose district the new facility serves. At a cost of approximately $3 million, the center was construct ed using U.S. Housing and Urban Development Community Devel opment Block Grant funds. The center is a 15,400-square- foot facility with amenities includ ing community meeting rooms, a computer lab, a fitness area, a 1,400 square foot covered porch, kitchen and more. Additionally, the center includes classrooms to accommodate the various activi ties requested by the community and a dining hall. See Center on page 15A Residents and county officials celebrated the grand opening of the recently finished South DeKalb Senior Center Oct. 12. Photos by Andrew Cauthen \ \ w k \ m. ‘ HPf 64 116 f CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER □CHAMPIONNEWS (f|CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER ©CHAMPNEWS