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The Champion, Thursday, December 24 - 30,2015
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AVONDALE
ESTATES
State legislator to host town
hall meeting
Georgia House Rep. Karla
Drenner, whose district includes
Avondale Estates, will hold a town
hall meeting at Jan. 5 to discuss leg
islative issues. The meeting will be
held at Avondale Estates City Hall,
22 North Avondale Road, from 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more informa
tion, visit www.avondaleestates.org.
City to host Bring One for the
Chipper’
Avondale Estates will participate
in the “Bring One for the Chipper,”
Georgias annual Christmas tree
recycling program. Residents are
asked to recycle their Christmas
trees on Jan. 9, bringing the trees
to the old compost area by the lake,
near Wiltshire Drive and Berkeley
Road. Signs posted by the lake will
mark the drop-off location. For
more information, visit www.avon-
daleestates.org.
ATLANTA
IMAX film to be featured at
Fernbank
Fernbank Museum of Natural
History’s IMAX theater will show
National Geographic Entertain
ment’s screen film Jerusalem, 767
Clifton Road, Atlanta, through Jan.
7.
Jerusalem explores on the in
tersection of science, history and
religion in this ancient, enigmatic
place. Special access is one of the
unique aspects of the film. Film
makers were granted permission to
capture aerial images over the Old
City of Jerusalem, and throughout
the Holy Land.
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
City’s finance department
receives award
The city of Chamblee has been
awarded a certificate of achievement
for excellence in financial reporting
by the Government Finance Of
ficers Association (GFOA) for the
city’s 2014 Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report (CAFR). An award
of financial reporting achievement
has been awarded to Chamblee’s
finance department and presented
to Travis Sims, finance director.
This is the second year the city has
received this distinction.
The certificate of achievement
is the highest form of recognition in
the area of governmental account
ing and financial reporting and its
attainment represents “a significant
accomplishment by a government
and its management.”
GFOA is a nonprofit profession
al association serving approximately
17,500 government finance profes
sionals. The CAFR was judged by
an impartial panel to meet the high
standards of the program includ
ing demonstration of a constructive
spirit of full disclosure to clearly
communicate its financial story and
motivate potential users and user
groups to read the CAFR,” accord
ing to a news release.
City council amends traffic
rules around Chamblee Middle
At the December Council Meet
ing, Chamblee’s City Council unani
mously voted to approve a resolu
tion to amend the schedule of traffic
rules, regulations and orders to
provide for parking restrictions sur
rounding Chamblee Middle School
during certain hours on school days.
The resolution prohibits park
ing on one side of Vanet Road, Teal
Road and Hamlin Drive during des
ignated times on school days.
Staff recommended the resolu
tion to add no parking, stopping or
standing on the east side of Vanet
Road from Teal Road to Sandle-
wood Lane; on the north side of
Teal Road from Sexton Woods
Drive to Vanet Road; and on the
south side of Hamlin Drive from
Sexton Woods Drive to Keswick
Drive.
The prohibition will be in effect
on school days from 3:30 p.m. to
4:30 pm.
DECATOR
Catholic school to hold open
house
St. Peter Claver Regional Catho
lic School will hold its open house
Jan. 311-3 p.m. for parents interest
ed in enrolling their children in the
school. The community open house
will be held on Jan. 31 from 1 to 3
p.m., 2560 Tilson Road, Decatur.
Parents and prospective students
will be given tours of the academic
buildings and hear a special presen
tation from the principal. To sched
ule a tour, call (404) 241-3063.
Parents invited to speak with
school superintendent
DeKalb school superintendent
Stephen Green will meet with
stakeholders in 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
Mountain High School, where
Green lead an hourlong conversa
tion with parents, teachers and oth
ers wanting time with him. The next
session will be held on Jan. 21 from
7 until 8 p.m. at Columbia Middle
School, 3001 Columbia Drive, De
catur.
D0NW00DY
Police to hold free car seat
safety class
The Dunwoody Police Depart
ment, located at 41 Perimeter Cen
ter East Suite 100, is hosting a free
car seat safety class on Jan. 14, from
1 to 3 p.m.
for families currently expect
ing a child or families with children
riding in rear-facing car seats. The
class is instructed by certified child
safety seat technicians. Topics in
clude current facts and statistics,
Georgia Law for car seats, selecting
the appropriate car seat for children
and correct installation for rear
facing car seats.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by
Jan. 11 to (678) 382.6918 or at car-
seatcheck@dunwoodyga.gov.
STONE
MOUNTAIN
City to hold ART Stroll
Stone Mountain and ART Sta
tion will hold its annual ART Stroll
Jan. 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. For more
information, call (770) 469-1105.
BeKalb announces holiday
residential sanitation
collection schedule
The Sanitation Division has an
nounced its 2015 Christmas Day
and 2016 New Year’s Day sanitation
collection schedule.
In observance of Christmas Day
on Friday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s
Day on Friday, Jan. 1, garbage, recy
clable materials and yard trimmings
collection for DeKalb County resi
dential customers will be based on
the following collection schedule:
• Friday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day
observed; no sanitation collection
service.
• Monday, Dec. 28, to Thursday,
Dec. 31: Residential customers will
be serviced based on a normal col
lection schedule.
• Friday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day ob
served; no sanitation collection
service
All Sanitation Division admin
istrative offices, including customer
service, will be closed Friday, Dec.
25, and Friday, Jan. 1.
For more information on this
collection schedule or any sanita
tion-related services, contact the
Sanitation Division’s customer ser
vice team at (404) 294-2900 or sani-
tation@dekalbcountyga.gov, or visit
www.dekalbsanitation.com.
Remodeling organization
recognizes two BeKalb
contractors
NARI Atlanta, the local chapter
of the National Association of the
Remodeling Industry, has named
its 2015 CotY (Contractor of the
Year) award winners. Awards were
presented at a black-tie gala Dec. 8
in 20 categories which showcased
residential remodeling projects in
cluding new or upgraded baths and
kitchens, remodeled home interiors
and exteriors, additions, landscape
design, remodeled basements and
whole-home renovations.
The 23rd Annual Atlanta 2015
CotY awards categories and winners
from DeKalb County are: residential
bath costing $25,000 to $50,000—
Modify Atlanta with Team Entrant
Dove Studio, Druid Hills; and
residential exterior $100,000 to
$200,000—Mosaic Group Architects
& Remodelers, Chamblee.