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The Champion, Thursday, December 17 - 23,2015 LOCAL
AVONDALE
ESTATES
Girl Scout troop to hold meeting
Girl Scout Troop No. 3647 will
meet Dec. 27 at Avondale Pattillo
United Methodist Church, 2-4 p.m.
The church is located at 3260 Cov
ington Highway. For more informa
tion or to join, call (770) 469-9032.
ATLANTA
Christmas Eve services set
for Shallowford Presbyterian
Church
Three Christmas Eve services are
scheduled at Shallowford Presbyte
rian Church.
On Dec. 24, a Family Service will
be held at 4 p.m. This will be a kid-
friendly service. Children will receive
nativity costumes to wear when they
arrive (angels, sheep, shepherds) and
will take part in the telling of the
Christmas story.
At 7 p.m. a candlelight service
will feature a musical celebration
and telling of the Christmas story
through “Lessons and Carols” set in
the sanctuary with a candle-lighting
ceremony at the close. The service
also features adult and teen choirs
with more than 100 singers and the
18-member bell choir accompanied
by organ.
A Christmas Eve Communion
service will be held at 9:30 p.m. “The
warmth and intimacy of the chapel
sets the mood for this special service
that includes communion along with
the telling of the Christmas story
through music and scripture in an
ticipation of the arrival of the day we
celebrate Christ’s birth,” states an an
nouncement about the service. Mu
sic will be performed by soloists.
A nursery will be open from 5 to
9 p.m.
Shallowford Presbyterian Church
is located at 2375 Shallowford Road,
Atlanta. For more information, call
(404) 321-1844, or visit www.shal-
lowford.org.
INIAX film featured at Fernbank
Fernbank Museum of Natural
History’s IMAX theatre will show
National Geographic Entertainment’s
screen film Jerusalem, 767 Clifton
Road, Atlanta, through Jan. 7.
Jerusalem explores on the inter
section of science, history and reli
gion in this ancient, enigmatic place.
Special access is one of the unique
aspects of the film. Filmmakers were
granted permission to capture aerial
images over the Old City of Jerusa
lem, and throughout the Holy Land.
A strict no-fly zone has existed over
the region for many years, restricting
low-altitude filming. Once secured,
the filmmakers launched a major
campaign in both Hebrew and Ara
bic to notify the public weeks before
filming began.
IMAX tickets for the 43-minute
large-format film are $13 for adults,
$12 for seniors, $11 for children 12
and younger, and $8 for museum
members.
CHAMDLEE
Annual Mud Run to benefit
foundation
On April 20,2016, Chamblee
Middle School (CMS) will host its
second annual Fun Mud Run at 8
a.m., 3601 Sexton Woods Drive,
Chamblee.
The event was organized by
CMS, city of Chamblee officials and
the DeKalb County Fire Depart
ment.
Presented by Ed Voyles Automo
tive, the Chamblee Fun Mud Run is a
5K race featuring obstacles, mud and
fun for all ages. All proceeds benefit
the Chamblee Middle School Educa
tion Foundation.
The Chamblee Fun Mud Run
is open to the community and is
recommended for children ages 8
and as well as, teens and adults of all
abilities.
The 5K course winds through
the Keswick Village and Sexton
Woods neighborhoods as partici
pants complete multiple obstacles
that involve simple challenges in the
mud. The 5K is a timed event. Partic
ipants receive a mud and water-proof
ankle tag in their race bags.
There is a 3K (approximately 2
miles) Muddy Buddy race immedi
ately following the Chamblee Fun
Mud Run, recommended for kids
ages 5-7 who are accompanied by an
adults. Participants will complete the
mud obstacles, but will run a shorter
course.
Early Bird Registration runs
through Feb. 29, 2016 with a $25
fee for the 5K and a $20 fee for the
Muddy Buddy 3K. For information
and registration, visit: http://cham-
bleefunmudrun.com.
DECATDR
Catholic school to hold open
house
St. Peter Claver Regional Catho
lic School will hold an open house
for parents interested in enrolling
their children in the school. The
community open house will be held
on Jan. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m., 2560 Til-
son Road, Decatur. Parents and pro
spective students will be given tours
of the academic buildings as well as
a presentation from the principal. To
schedule your a, call (404) 241-3063.
New Year’s Eve dance scheduled
The DeKalb History Center will
host an event to ring in the New Year
and dance the night away.
At DeKalb History Center’s
Dance Hall Decatur a professional DJ
will play hits from the 1970s to the
present.
Reservations are available at the
History Center offices or online at
www.dekalbhistory.org via PayPal and
include appetizers, sodas and festive
party favors. Drink tickets will be sold
separately and will be available at the
event.
Festive dress is encouraged.
The event will be held Thursday,
Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. at the
Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 101 E.
Court Square, in downtown Decatur.
Advance reservations of $25/$35 per
adult are available until Dec. 29 there
is a discount for members). Ad
vance reservations are $15 for guests
younger than 21.
Parents invited to speak with
school superintendent
DeKalb school superintendent
Stephen Green is conducting a series
of candid conversations about what
the district is doing well and what it
needs to do better.
“On the Scene with Dr. Green”
launched on Sept. 29 at Stone Moun
tain High School, where Green lead
an hour-long conversation with
parents, teachers and others want
ing time with him. The next session
will be held on Jan. 21, 2016, from 7
p.m. until 8 p.m. at Columbia Middle
School, 3001 Columbia Dr, Decatur.
LITHONIA
City to hold strategic planning
session
Lithonia will hold a city strate
gic planning session Dec. 19 from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The session will
be held at City Hall, located at 6920
Main Street. For more information,
call (770) 482-8136.
STONE
MOUNTAIN
City to hold council meeting
Stone Mountain City Council
will have a work session Dec. 21,
6-7 p.m. For more information, call
(770) 498-8984.
Parent council to hold Kwanzaa
celebration
The South DeKalb Parent Coun
cil and the Charter School Parent
Council will hold its celebration of
Kwanzaa on Jan. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Redan Recreation Center
at 1839 Phillips Road in Lithonia.
The Kwanzaa celebration includes
performances by children from
DeKalb County schools and sharing
of information about events and is
sues in 2015 and 2016. Special guests
include Janet Kishbaugh from
Public Education Matters Georgia,
DeKalb Regional Superintendent
Dr. Ralph Simpson, fromer DeKalb
school board member Thad May-
field and current school board mem
bers Dr. Michael Erwin and Vickie
Turner. For more information, con
tact Dr. Merrill White at suportsys@
aol.com or Donna Priest-Brown at
dpriestbrown@bellsouth.net.