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SEPTEMBER 8 - 14, 2022 www.THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.com VOL 32 • NO. 11
September events to honor Davidson Arabia
Mountain Nature Preserve’s anniversary
BY CHRISTINE FONVILLE
CHRISTINE@DEKALBCHAMP.COM
Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance
is hosting events throughout the month
of September to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Davidson Arabia Mountain
Nature Preserve.
According to Arabia Mountain Heritage
Area Alliance (AMHAA) officials, although
the federally recognized heritage area spans
40,000 acres and encompasses numerous
historic and natural landmarks, Arabia
Mountain is the most easily identified
landscape of the area.
"The mountain itself is part of the 2,550-
acre DeKalb County greenspace called the
Davidson-Arabia Nature Preserve," states
the AMHAA website. "The preserve also
includes other large formations of exposed
granite, wetlands, pine and oak forests,
multiple streams, and two lakes. The rare,
native plant species, such as the signature
red diamorpha in the winter and fall's yellow
daisies, make it seem as though the rock is
in constant metamorphosis."
Fifty years ago, Charles Davidson, Jr.,
then-president of one of the largest granite
products companies in the world, made the
decision to prevent a massive mountain of
SEE ANNIVERSARY PAGE 6
Pictured is part of the monadnock known as Arabia Mountain inside of
the Davidson Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve. Photo by Eric Bowles
Commissioners allocate money to
improve digital divide, court resources
BY JAY PHILLIPS
JAY@DEKALBCHAMP.COM
DeKalb County Board of
Commissioners approved
legislation sponsored by District
5 Commissioner Mereda
Davis Johnson and District 4
Commissioner Steve Bradshaw
that will provide funding to 100
Black Men of DeKalb, Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
W.O.M.E.N, Inc., and DeKalb
County Accountability Courts.
Based on the legislation
approved, Davis Johnson
allocated $50,000 to 100 Black
Men of DeKalb and $25,000
to the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
W.O.M.E.N, Inc. Bradshaw
allocated $60,000 of District
4 reserve funds for DeKalb
County Accountability Courts,
including drug court, DeKalb
County Felony Mental Health
Court, DeKalb County Veterans
Treatment Court, and DUI
Accountability courts.
Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson
(right) pictured at the recent fundraiser
for 100 Black Men of DeKalb- one of
the organizations receiving funds from
Davis Johnson and Steve Bradshaw.
Photo provided
According to a news release,
the funding from Davis Johnson
will help the designated
organizations "provide job
training, educational assistance,
computers, access to internet,
and other technology assistance
in communities that have been
disproportionately impacted by
DeKalb County exceeds federal state
standards for drinking water quality
BY CHRISTINE FONVILLE
CHRISTINE@DEKALBCHAMP.COM
DeKalb County's drinking water
quality surpasses federal and state
standards, according to DeKalb
County Department of Watershed
Management (DWM) officials.
The information was published
with the release of the 2022 Consumer
Confidence Report Drinking Water
Quality Report (CCR) on Aug. 29.
"DWM continues providing DeKalb
County customers with high-quality
drinking water (and) surpassing all
federal and state drinking water quality
standards," said officials.
According to a press release,
the CCR provides information on
monitoring data gathered from water
quality testing during 2021.
DeKalb County's water intake,
or water source, is located on the
Chattahoochee River, north of DeKalb
County and upstream from the city of
Atlanta. Water is treated at the Scott
Candler Water Treatment Plant and
then distributed to DeKalb County
The DeKalb County Department of Watershed
Management (DWM) has released the 2022
Drinking Water Quality Report. File Photo
customers.
Items that may be present in
water before it is treated include
contaminants such as viruses, bacteria
and metals, pesticides and herbicides,
SEE RESOURCES PAGE 6
SEE WATER PAGE G
FODAC to provide medical equipment
repairs for veterans PAGE 2
Columbia, Lakeside start undefeated
for first time this decade
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