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THE CHAMPION, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 - 23, 2019 • Page 3
STONECREST
Denmark named new city attorney
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com
Attorney Winston
Denmark is Stonecrest’s new
city attorney.
The mayor and city council
approved the appointment of
Denmark at its Jan. 2 regular
city council meeting. Denmark
replaced Tom Kurrie, who
stepped down from the
position in December.
Denmark, a resident of
Stonecrest, is also the city
attorney of Lithonia.
“I want to thank the council
for the confidence that you’ve
shown in me pointing me as
your city attorney,” Denmark
said during the meeting. “I
take the roll very seriously and
I look forward to doing a great
job for the city.”
Attorney Winston Denmark was appointed
new city attorney for Stonecrest.
Atlanta based non-profit Point 27 sent “Thin Blue Line” scripture-inscribed dog tags
to the agencies of the six Georgia police officers killed in 2018.
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Fallen officer, five
others honored
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
In 2018, six Georgia police
officers lost their lives in the
line of duty, including DeKalb
County Police Officer Edgar
Isidro Flores.
Atlanta-based nonprofit
Point 27, an organization that
helps encourage members
of armed forces and first
responders, sent scripture-
inscribed dog tags to the
agencies of the six officers
killed in 2018. The dog tags
are called Shields of Strength.
The organization also sent
inscribed folded flag pendant
necklaces to the families of the
slain officers.
Retired U.S. Army Col.
David Dodd, director of
Point 27, said the organization
honors fallen officers and their
families every month of the
year.
Dodd, who served in
Afghanistan after the terrorist
attacks in Sept. 11, 2001, said
the dog tags are symbolic
and meant to honor law
enforcement.
“We are forever grateful for
these brave men and women
in law enforcement. We will
never forget the ultimate
sacrifice they made, and we
will not forget their families,”
Dodd said. “We present the
Thin Blue Line Dog Tags to
thank the officers for their
putting their lives on the line
to protect Americans. The dog
tag is engraved with a Bible
verse and serves as a physical
reminder that God is with them
day and night as they patrol
and protect the streets of their
Flores
communities. We want them to
know we appreciate and value
them.”
Flores, 24, was shot in the
head and killed in the line of
duty while pursuing a man he
had pulled over. The suspect
involved in the shooting,
Justin Taylor, 33, was killed
by officers.
DeKalb County officials
honored Flores with a funeral
service Dec. 18 at all Saints
Catholic Church in Dunwoody.
Officers held a public safety
procession from the public
safety headquarters in Tucker
to the church.
Flores, 24, was hired by
the police department on May
8, 2017, and graduated from
the police academy on Nov. 4,
2017.
Other officers killed in
the line of duty in 2018 were
Henry County Police Officer
Michael Wayne Smith,
Locust Grove Police Officer
Chase Lee Maddox, Savannah
Police Officer Anthony
Christie, Ludowici Police
Chief Frank A. McClelland
Jr. and Gwinnett Police Officer
Antwan DeArvis Toney.
Notice of Public Hearings
Revised 1/9/2019
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority will hold public hearings for the purpose of considering the
Proposed Bus Service Modifications for April 13,2019
for the following bus routes:
Route 49: McDonough Boulevard;
Route 50: Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway;
Route 850: Carroll Heights/Fairburn Heights;
Route 853: Collier Heights
All route information, videos and comment forms are available at www.itsmarta.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Thursday, Jan. 24
Clayton County
Commission Chambers
112 Smith Street
Jonesboro, GA 30236
Community Exchange: 6 pm
PUBLIC HEARING: 7 pm
Riding MARTA: Bus Route 193
Decatur Library
Auditorium
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA 30030
Community Exchange: 6 pm
PUBLIC HEARING: 7 pm
Riding MARTA: Blue Line to
Decatur Station; exit onto Church
Street and continue one block east
Fulton County
Assembly Hall
141 Pryor St., SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Community Exchange: 6 pm
PUBLIC HEARING: 7 pm
Riding MARTA: Bus Routes 21,
42 and 55
Copies of the proposed Bus Service Modifications will also be available for public viewing at MARTA’s Headquarters Office of
External Affairs, 2424 Piedmont Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30324 during regular business hours, Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 5 pm.
For formats (FREE of charge) in accordance with the ADA and Limited English Proficiency regulations contact, (404) 848-
4037. For those patrons requiring further accommodations, information can be obtained by calling the Telephone Device for
the Deaf (TDD) at 404 848-5665.
In addition, a sign language interpreter will be available at all hearings. If you cannot attend the hearings and want to provide
comments you may: (1) leave a message at (404) 848-5299; (2) write to MARTA’s Office of External Affairs, 2424 Piedmont Road,
N.E. Atlanta, GA 30324-3330; (3) complete an online Comment Card atwww.itsmarta.com; (4) or fax your comments no later
than January 29, 2019 to (404) 848-4179.
All citizens of the City of Atlanta and the counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton and Gwinnett whose interests are affected by the
subjects to be considered at these hearings are hereby notified and invited to appear at said times and places and present
such evidence, comment or objection as their interests require.
martaw Jeffrey A. Parker, General Manager/CEO
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