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The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dun woody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker, Stonecrest and Stone Mountain. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 -16, 2019 www.THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.com Sewer spills creating a major stink in DeKalb BY HORACE HOLLOMAN horace@dekalbchamp.com According to sewer spill notices published in The Champion, approximately 956,820 gallons of sewer spills on Dec. 28 were reported. Among the largest spills reported Dec. 28 were a 112,725-gallon spill near Deerwood Drive in Decatur and a 106,150-gallon spill at 3924 Roman Court in Tucker. According to reports, both spills were caused by heavy storm runoff. The spill in Decatur flowed into Shoal Creek and the Tucker spill flowed into South Fork Peachtree Creek. Kevin Polite, a DeKalb County resident who lives near the 112,725-gallon sewer spill in Decatur, said the county initially listed his home address as the SEE SEWER SPILL ON PAGE 6 coo Nn. DEKALB COUNTY GOVERNMENT WATERSHED DEPARTMENT notice of a sanitary SEWER SPILL THE OATE the spill OCCURRED FLCUWit the SPILL LOCATION ™ Eca,jseof w^Sratun l£iszt~ estimated volume of the 8P|Ll IIP f I RECEIVING stream - 'S Kf. j-, I L CORRECTIVE ACTKM.TAKER S&A&JL JtUlAj I IPlTZT 1 DeKalb delegation tackles cityhood movements BY HORACE HOLLOMAN horace@dekalbchamp.com In recent years, DeKalb has incoiporated cities such as Stonecrest, Tucker and Brookhaven within the county and supporters of cityhood movements are attempting to add two more. During a DeKalb Legislative Delegation meeting Jan. 5 at Georgia Piedmont Technical College Conference Center, members of the delegation heard from advocates of cityhood movements for Greenhaven and Vista Grove. The meeting was organized by State Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates. Drenner said the delegation wanted to hear from supporters of cityhood movements before the start of the legislative session Jan. 14. “I support this belief that we should get together ahead of time and give everybody an opportunity to hear these plans. That’s the driving force behind the meeting today,” Drenner said. “We want everyone to have the opportunity to present and all [of the attendees] an Kathryn Rice, chair of Imagine Greenhaven Inc., speaks to audience members at the Georgia Piedmont Technical College Conference Center. opportunity to listen. Today we are all about just getting the information. That’s the purpose.” Kathryn Rice, chair of Imagine Greenhaven Inc., presented on behalf of supporters of Greenhaven. According to Imagine Greenhaven, the proposed Greenhaven boundaries will cover all areas south of U.S. Route 78 and westward to SEE CITYHOOD ON PAGE 6 QUICK FINDER Opinion 5 Week in Pictures 9 Education 12 Sports 14-15 LORRAINE BEGINS TERM AS DEKALB COMMISSIONER PAGE 7 DCSDTO CHANGE MENUS AFTER NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS PAGE 12 o DEKALBCHAMPNEWS O DEKALBCHAMPNEWS ^DEKALBCHAMPNEWS
