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Students
receive new
shoes from
New Birth
BY CARLA PARKER
carla@dekalbchamp.com

M
ore than 3,000 students returned
to school with a new pair of
shoes from New Birth Missionary
Baptist Church.
The Stonecrest church hosted a shoe
giveaway during its back-to-school event
Aug. 3. Last month, church members
donated shoes for the annual event. Senior
Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant said 4,500 pairs New Birth church members and community members donated 4,500 pairs of shoes. Photos by Carla Parker
of shoes were donated.
“They were donated by the parishioners
of our church and the community at large

U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson, left, his wife DeKalb County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson and DeKalb County School District
VANTERCE EDWARDS
Superintendent Dr. R. Stephen Green were in attendance to support Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant, right, and New Birth at its shoe giveaway for
students.

trying to make an impact and impression

on young people who are underserved in
the area,” Bryant said.
Vanterce Edwards of Doraville
brought her three daughters to the shoe
giveaway after her sister, who is a member
at New Birth, invited her.
“This is my first time ever participating
in something like this and I am overly
excited,” Edwards said. “It’s such a
blessing because I have a son who is going
into his second year of college, and with
tuition fees and everything it’s awesome
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A volunteer carries a stack of shoes to waiting students.

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COUNTYWIDE

Marijuana reform
could be key in 2020
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
State Representative Illinois to see if something support of legislation that a burden for the jails...we last year, Decatur-based
Dar’shun Kendrick, (D similar can be created in would allow counties to do have more serious issues defense attorney Gerald
- Lithonia), said it is time Georgia after Gov. Brian change their ordinances on to deal with. This is just Griggs said the legislation
to address the elephant in Kemp signed House Bill marijuana. Jester said the clogging up the works. And could help unburden
the room for next year’s 324 into law. HB 324 allows legislation could decrease for what? Giving people a Georgia’s court system. 
legislative session. six private companies and the workload for local criminal record for doing “I think [SB 10]
Kendrick said it is time two state universities— police.  something stupid?” will release the burden
to talk about marijuana the University of Georgia “I don’t want anyone to In last year’s legislative on many courts that are
reform in Georgia. Kendrick and Fort Valley State fall out of their chairs when session, state lawmakers dealing with low-level drug
said she plans to introduce University—to grow and I say this but, I totally agree failed to pass a bill that offenders. They can have an
legislation regarding produce medical marijuana with this. I think this is would have increased opportunity to rehabilitate
marijuana use in Georgia as and cannabis oil in Georgia. something worth pursuing. the amount of marijuana them or give them a small
well as record expungement “This industry that was The city of Atlanta has considered a misdemeanor.  fine,” Griggs said. 
for marijuana-related just created is essentially already done so,” Jester During a committee
convictions in 2020.  going to make a lot of said. “I think it does take off hearing for Senate Bill 10
“We have to consider people rich and it doesn’t
how we’re locking people make sense to have Black
up. The majority of my and Brown people sitting
district is African American, in jail while others make a
so my perspective is going profit off of it,” Kendrick
to be a little different said. 
and one that is more Kendrick also plans
sympathetic, especially
when seeing the trend as it’s
to introduce legislation
in 2020 that would Use these steps to follow
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Kendrick said. 
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DUNWOODY

Deutsch throws in hat for mayor

BY TAYLOR ROBINS
Taylor@dekalbchamp.com
Dunwoody City Council
member Lynn Deutsch
announced her candidacy
for mayor of Dunwoody
July 25.
“I have had the honor
of being a part of building
a strong city,” Deutsch
said. “I’m now ready to
serve Dunwoody in a new
capacity, to build on our
strengths and tackle our
challenges.”
The announcement
comes after current
Dunwoody Mayor Denis
Shortal’s announced at the
city’s 10th annual State of
the City April 11 that he will
not seek reelection, stating
he wants to spend more time
with this family. His last day
as mayor will be Dec. 31.
Deutsch has served on
Dunwoody’s city council
since 2011 and as mayor
pro-tem since 2017. She
has also served on the
Dunwoody Planning
Commission, the Dunwoody
Homeowners Association
and her neighborhood
Women’s Club. She has
lived in Dunwoody for 30
years.
“I have been here as it
has evolved from a sleepy
suburb to an independent
busy city,” she said. “I
know how Dunwoody
residents’ quality of life
has been impacted by this
transition. [For a] mayor,
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Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with O.C.G.A.
every city project, every
potential development, and
even every activity will be
evaluated through a prism of
quality of life.”
If elected mayor,
Deutsch said her first order
of business would be to
meet with appointed leaders
and elected officials. “I
intend to strengthen the
relationships we have
with the school system,
the county, GDOT
[Georgia Department of
Transportation], state
legislature and the federal
government,” Deutsch
said. “Developing strong
partnerships will result in
the best outcomes for our
residents.”
In her announcement,
Deutsch praises Dun-
woody’s accomplishments
and added, “Yet, there is
much more work to be
done.”
“My main priority is
to ensure Dunwoody’s
quality of life remains high
and then to improve that,”
Deutsch said. “We have
to focus on the amenities
we have and don’t have in
the city and we have to be
concerned about negative
impacts of projects that
could do harm to our city. I
want Dunwoody to be a city
where 8-year-old children
and 80-year-old adults can
thrive. If this happens, it
means that Dunwoody
truly becomes a place for
everyone.”
Married for 31 years
with three children, the
mayor hopeful also has
volunteered at Chesnut
and Dunwoody elementary
schools, Peachtree Middle
School and Dunwoody High
School. She also served as
vice chair of the Citizen
Planning Task Force for
DeKalb County School
District.
“I have been a strong
advocate for our community
since before cityhood. I
have lots of experience
advocating,” said Deutsch.
“I will be able to be an even
more effective advocate.”
Deutsch is a graduate
of the University of Texas
at Austin with bachelor
degrees in government and
journalism. She earned
a master degree in city
planning from the Georgia
Institute of Technology and
a graduate certificate in
gerontology from Georgia
State University.
Deutsch said her favorite
thing about Dunwoody is
its residents, “We are a city
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Neighbors look after each
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Dunwoody is a great place
to live, work and play.”
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on November 5, 2019, for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and two Council Members. Candidates who
are elected in said election shall serve for a term of
four years. Persons eligible to become candidates
for said elections shall have been a resident of
the city for the period of 12 continuous months
immediately prior to the date of the election and be
a qualified elector in the city.
Candidates for said election shall qualify with the
City Clerk in City Hall. Qualifying shall open at 8:30
a.m. on the 19th day of August 2019, and shall
close at 4:30 p.m. on the 21st day of August, 2019.
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November 5, 2019. The special election will take place at
Doraville City Hall, 3725 Park Avenue, from 7:00 a.m. to About 10 percent of 12 year olds
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a.m. on Monday, August 19, 2019, and ending 4:30 p.m. to your children about alcohol,
on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. The qualifying fee the greater chance you have of
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This the 8th day of August, 2019. drink.
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OPINION
Pit bulls: The Black male of the dog world
One day I decided to take my
two pit bulls Cashmere and Julio
Jones Holloman for a walk and
explore a new park in Stockbridge.  Shelter advocates also say shelters
Within five minutes of arrival,
I was met by the park resource
officer who informed me I was not
in the “dog friendly” section of the
park. “No big deal,” I thought. As
I was leaving, the resource officer
said, “What are you doing with
those types of dogs in a public place
anyway? Walking with those dogs is
like walking with a loaded gun.”
The officer, who happened to
be a Black male, said he believed
pit bulls are dangerous dogs not
meant for public exposure. His
comments weren’t surprising.
While walking my dogs in public
parks or neighborhoods, I’ve seen
people immediately cross the street,
scream, tell their children to run and
one woman even hit Julio with a
walking stick.
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After regaining my composure, I
told the officer he should reconsider
his position on the breed because
it’s hard to ignore the correlation
between a pit bull and Black male
in America, starting with the high
incarceration rate.  innocent 80 percent of the time.
According to a national survey
on drug use and health, Blacks and
Whites use drugs at similar rates,
but the imprisonment rate of Blacks
for drug charges is almost six times
that of Whites.  pit bull-type dogs and responsible
The “incarceration” rate for
pit bulls in local shelters are quite
drastic. Each year, 1.2 million dogs
are euthanized, approximately 40
DEKALB FREE PRESS • FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 • Page 4
percent are pit bulls, according
to the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
are consistently overcrowded with
pit bull mixes.  from the Animal Farm Foundation
Black men are also negatively
impacted by legislation such as
“stop and frisk” laws. In New York
City since 2014, Black and Latino
males between the ages of 14 and
24 account for only 5 percent of
the city’s population, compared
with 38 percent of reported stops.
Young Black and Latino males were
Comparatively, breed specific
legislation (BSL), a law or
ordinance that prohibits or restricts
the keeping of dogs of specific
breeds, negatively impacts pit bulls,
pit bull owners. The laws don’t
take into account the individual
dog's history and temperament. By
generalizing the behaviors of dogs
that look a certain way, innocent
dogs and pet owners suffer. BSL can
lead to the euthanasia of innocent
dogs that fit a certain look. A study
showed communities with BSL do
not reduce dog bites in communities
or enhance public safety.
After a 10-minute conversation,
the resource officer apologized for
calling my dogs “loaded guns,” and
said he walked away with a better
understanding for the breed. For me,
owning pit bulls, which I’ve done
my entire adult life, is more than
just getting a dog that looks “cool.”
I choose to own pit bulls because
we have a special understanding–
an understanding that sometimes
we will be judged by others based
on how we look. Despite this, we’ll
work together to dispel any notion
that we’re walking loaded guns–one
person at a time.
OPINION
“I’m outraged, and you should
be too. This entire nation should
be outraged,” said El Paso Sheriff
Richard Wiles in the wake of a
mass shooting at a Walmart taking
the lives of 20.
 
I suspect like many Americans,
I am a bit numb with the horrific
news of the latest two back-to-back
mass shootings, still ringing in the
ears of local law enforcement in
the border town of El Paso, Texas,
as well as in the heart of Dayton,
Ohio. And as advocates on both
sides of the gun control debate
line up and open fire on each other
across online spaces; I sit and
wonder if this too isn’t part of the
division these shooters want to
foment? A race war? A new civil
war?  It is time for a national
 Another young White male,
another manifesto, 29 more
innocent lives lost, dozens more
injured. Where and when does it
end? No one really has an answer
for that, so perhaps we should try
harder to determine where it is
beginning.  stringent gun laws in the nation, and
I have spent in my volunteer
life, much of the past few decades
remaining engaged with college
students, both through my alma
mater, the Grady School of
Journalism at UGA ,and through
my college fraternity. Where much
of college life remains the same, as
campus culture and society evolve,
I’ve noted many similarities and a
general softening among my young
male contemporaries, which have
at times caused me both pause and
concern.    As late Boomers, we were also
Alienation, non-socialization
and remaining a virgin against
one’s will, or plans, are powerful
seeds planted for resentment and
hatred. Who is to blame? How to
reassert or change one’s status? It’s
not difficult to see a pattern to glory
and even some degree of notoriety
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Trigger sad
and shared surroundings might help strain attacked and killed a few
‘One Man’s serve as a great equalizer. 
We are yet entering fall, and 125
hundred Americans in a period of
months, we would attack with all of
Opinion’ Americans have lost their lives in our national will and resources. This
mass shootings this year. As schools cure may take a bit longer, but
Bill Crane start back, how many children are certainly there are steps we can
bill.csicrane@gmail.com heading to classrooms in fear? How begin to take as soon as today
many parents are wondering if they to move us in a better and safer
have done enough to prepare their direction. 
playing out an afternoon of Fortnite
offspring for a sudden attack?  Our sympathies and
in the real world.
Whether you agree or disagree condolences to those grieving the
For those unfamiliar, Fortnite,
with it taking the whole village to lives lost. And prayers matter as
created in 2017, is an online
raise a child, I’ll wager a majority of well.
video gaming platform with three
you can well remember when your  
separate games, each played by
neighbors almost all knew each Bill Crane also serves as a
millions. Fortnite Battle Royale,
other, and at times came to assist political analyst and commentator
which can be played simultaneously
without ever being asked. Conflict for Channel 2’s Action News, WSB-
by as many as 100, pits player
is a part of life; and building coping AM News/Talk 750 and now 95.5
against player in a battle of survival
skills for that is as important as FM, as well as a columnist for The
of the fittest, and ends when all but
developing coordination, balance Champion, DeKalb Free Press and
one player has been eliminated or
and muscle strength for sport.  Georgia Trend. Crane is a DeKalb
killed. I have walked in on a few
native and business owner, living
groups playing this game with
conversation and determining the in Scottdale. You can reach him
great passion and enthusiasm, the
root causes of this plague. If the or comment on a column at bill.
gun play and swearing might only
Ebola virus or some other virulent csicrane@gmail.com. 
be louder at a convention among
mercenaries of war. 
There will again be talk of gun
control reform. However, Chicago
Illinois, has some of the most
also one of the world’s highest rates
of murder and violent crime, most
often involving firearms. Yes, we
can revisit the law, but isn’t it time
we also revisit how we raise our
young men? 
I did not walk six miles to
school, through the snow each day
in my bare feet; but household
chores, mowing our lawn and part-
time jobs became routine during
what would have then been middle
school years. Idle hands... 
toward the end of the Selective
Service and potential draft, which
I’m not suggesting be reinstated, but
I can see great benefit in renewing
discussions of a year or two of
national service work just after high
school. Like serving in the military,
the common duty, common mission
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More than 3,000 students and their families attended the shoe giveaway at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

SHOES Continued From Page 1A

[to get free shoes] because
I’m a struggling parent. So,
I thank God today.”
Bryant said he
decided to give students
shoes instead of a school
supplies and backpacks
because other churches and
organizations do school
supply giveaways.
“I gave a charge to
our staff—if other people
are doing it then I’m not
interested,” he said. “The
other layer is bullying. No
one is bullied about their
backpack, but [many] are
bullied about their shoes.
So, we wanted to raise [the
students’] confidence and
their self-esteem going into
a brand new school year.”
DeKalb County School
District Superintendent Dr.
R. Stephen Green called
the event powerful.
“This is a tremendous
rally. I know that New
Birth Missionary Baptist
Church is on the rise and
A student has her foot sized before receiving a free pair of shoes. Photos by Carla
being reborn again and Parker
this [event] is a part of that
and coming together in our students not only have that somebody cares about
the community to make a soles on their feet, but they them, somebody believes in
powerful impact,” Green feel a soul in their heart on them.”
said. “I really pray that [Aug. 5] with pride knowing

DCSD teacher resigns, principal on leave amid accusations of ‘inappropriate contact’ with student
BY TAYLOR ROBINS
Taylor@dekalbchamp.com
A DeKalb School of the
Arts teacher has resigned
and the school’s principal is
on paid administrative leave
amid an active investigation
involving a student.
“It is a sensitive subject
to investigate,” said DCSD
officials in a statement.
“Part of the investigation
is to confirm the facts
and timing outlined in the
report. We are working
diligently to do so and
wanted to inform our
community accordingly. We
are committed to taking the
necessary and appropriate
steps once the facts are
determined.”
DeKalb County School
District (DCSD) officials
reported July 29 that there
was “inappropriate contact”
between a former teacher
and a student.
During the process
of the investigation, the
teacher resigned and the
DeKalb School of the Arts P
Principal Susan McCauley
was placed on paid
administrative leave and
announced her retirement.
According to the
school’s website, McCauley
has served as DeKalb
School of the Arts principal
since 2002. McCauley has
been in education for 35
years.
“At this point, we’ve
provided all of the
information we’re legally
allowed to share,” DCSD
officials said in a statement.
“Our students’ safety is our
top priority and we take
very seriously anything
that doesn’t uphold that
standard. All parties are
cooperating with DCSD
officials and authorities.”
According to DCSD
officials, the investigation
into the reports is in its early
stages.

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DECATUR

Parents,
children
line up for
giveaway
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com

Approximately 1,600
DeKalb County residents
and children gathered for
the annual Let’s Move
DeKalb back-to-school
expo event July 27 at the
Intergenerational Center at
Exchange Park in Decatur. 
Let’s Move is an
initiative launched by
former first lady Michelle
Obama. The initiative is
meant to address childhood
obesity and provides parents
with information about
healthy lifestyle choices and
snack options. The initiative
is also sponsored by The
Center Helping Obesity in
Children End Successfully
(C.H.O.I.C.E.S), a
grassroots organization
formed in April 2002 to join
the fight against childhood
obesity, according to
organization officials. 
Vanetta Keyes, founder
and executive director of
C.H.O.I.C.E.S, said the
event in Decatur gave
away approximately 1,300
backpacks. According to
Keyes, the first Let’s Move
DeKalb event nine years
ago helped approximately
500 DeKalb students
by providing them with
backpacks. 
“It has really been a joy
and fulfillment to partner
with DeKalb and watch this
event grow year after year,”
Keyes said. 
Two years ago,
C.H.O.I.C.E.S partnered
with the Atlanta Community
Food Bank to provide Let’s
Move participants with
fresh food during the event,
Keyes said. 
“It’s fulfilling to know
we’re helping provide
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LITHONIA

Current look of Lynwood Park’s basketball courts in Brookhaven. Lynwood Park’s benches to be improved by September. Lynwood Park’s walking path may soon get a makeover.
Photos by Taylor Robins.

Hawks Foundation to make improvements to Lynwood Park

BY TAYLOR ROBINS already proven to be an invaluable
Taylor@dekalbchamp.com community partner in the short
time since they located their
During Brookhaven’s July 23 practice facility in Brookhaven,”
city council meeting, city council said Brookhaven Mayor John
members unanimously approved Ernst. “This investment in our
Lynwood Park improvements to youth underscores the continuing
be made by the Atlanta Hawks commitment of the Hawks and
Foundation and State Farm State Farm to enhance healthy
insurance. recreational opportunities in
“The Atlanta Hawks have Brookhaven and beyond.”
Atlanta Hawks Foundation is
a nonprofit that benefits children
with an interest in basketball. One
way the foundation helps children
is through the renovation and
construction of basketball courts
and recreation facilities.
During the July city council
meeting, officials approved a site
improvement donation from the
foundation, valued at $165,000.
Improvements will include
renovations to Lynwood Park’s
existing basketball courts, park’s
building and upgraded furnishings
and technology.
According to city documents,
city officials and the Atlanta Hawks
Foundation will take part in a
community celebration to unveil the
renovations at an unspecified date.
Improvements at Lynwood
Park are expected to be complete in
September.

TUCKER

Brewery brings German-style beer to Georgia

independent breweries. You can
BY KATHY MITCHELL
drink it and still keep your wits
FREELANCE REPORTER
about you.”
He said there was a family
Ryan Chapman says he’s never
interest in beer brewing when he
used his degree in German to make
was in high school and his father
a living. The statement is not totally
bought a kit, started brewing beer
true. As an exchange student living
in the basement and became active
in Germany, Chapman developed
in a local brewer’s club. On South
what he describes as “a passion” for
Bibb Road in an industrial area of
the beers he tasted there. Years later
Tucker, the Chapman family now
in 2017, he and his sister, Ashley
has a facility that includes 20 tanks
Chapman Hubbard, founded Tucker
that turn out approximately 10,000
Brewing Company, producing and
barrels—20,000 kegs—of beer each
selling pilsners, lagers and ales
year.
inspired by those he sampled in
“That seemed a bit like overkill
Germany. Their brother Gabriel
when we first set up, but we didn’t
Chapman heads marketing and
want to build a smaller brewery and
community development for the
have to expand in a year or two. It Ryan Chapman says Tucker Brewing Company’s tasting room, which includes an outdoor area, features live
company.
turned out to be a good decision. entertainment in addition to a wide variety of beers, most of which aren’t available elsewhere. It will soon
“One big difference between offer food as well.
We’ve been popular from the start.
us and other small local breweries
The day we opened the line was
is most have an IPA [India pale siblings gained much of their available elsewhere. Three of the
out the door. There were more
ale] as their signature product. We business expertise working at the beers are packaged and sold retail
than 2,500 people here,” Chapman
don’t do an IPA at all,” Chapman building products company before through a distributor. “It will be
recalled.
said, adding that many of Tucker the brewery was conceived. “My high-end bar food with a Southern
The building, erected as a
Brewing Company’s ingredients sister Ashley does a lot of the day- flair,” Chapman explained.
commercial bakery in the early
are imported from Germany. “Our to-day work at the brewery so I can Chapman said he enjoys
1970s, was renovated and is now
flagship beer is a pilsner, but there give adequate attention to both jobs. his work at the building supply
also the site of a building products
are lots of other options as well. Also, Ashely has a background in company but added that it’s “really
company owned by Chapman’s
Our beers are perfect for a hot the culinary arts, so she’s good at cool” to produce a produce that
father where Ryan Chapman and
summer day because the alcohol pairing food with beers.” he can watch the consumer enjoy.
other family members are still on
content is only 4½ to 5 percent, The tasting room will soon offer “Building supply is a business-to-
staff.
compared to the 6½ to 10 percent food in addition to a wide variety
Chapman said he and his
in beers made by many other of beers, most of which aren’t SEE BREWERY ON PAGE 11
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WEEK in PICTURES

A Decatur crossing guard thanks drivers for reducing

speeds in school zones. Photo by Decatur Police A John R. Lewis Elementary School student and official embrace during the school
Department. first day back after summer break. Photo provided by R. Scott Belzer.

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DECATUR

McNair Middle School Principal Ronald Mitchell takes media on a tour through the school’s new building
before the school year began. Photo by Taylor Robins.

Entrance to the new Ronald E. McNair Middle School in Decatur.

The middle school features a new weight room for athletes. McNair Middle School’s new turf practice field where football, soccer and Students at the new McNair Middle School will be able to learn family
lacrosse can be played. consumer science in its classroom with new kitchen appliances.

A new beginning for a south

DeKalb middle school
McNair Middle gets major upgrade
room, amphitheater center, he looks forward to what’s
BY TAYLOR ROBINS courtyard, media center to come for the school’s
Taylor@dekalbchamp.com and a turf practice field for students.
football, lacrosse and soccer. Evergreen Construction
The new building
The facility also features built the new facility, which
for Ronald E. McNair Construction has been competed for the new Ronald E. McNair Middle School. The facility includes an
open spaces around the cost $42 million and took amphitheater.
Middle School is open
building, sound panels in the two years to build. The
and operating for the new
gym and auditorium, walls new building can hold
2019-2020 school year.
that students and teachers 1,000 students and can be
District officials invited
can write on, and movable expanded to hold up to
The Champion Newspaper
walls that allow class rooms 1,600 students. Evergreen
to tour the facility Aug.
to be combined. Construction will also
1 before doors opened to
“The new building build the new Pleasantdale
students and faculty Aug. 5.
is wonderful,” said Elementary and the new
“I’d just like to say
Mitchell. “It’s great for Cross Keys High School
welcome to the new Ronald
the community. It gives building.
E. McNair Middle School,”
the students rejuvenation. McNair Middle School’s
said McNair Middle School
We just had open house old building, that has now
Principal Ronald Mitchell.
yesterday, and it ran an been demolished, was
The facility includes a
hour over because the kids originally Gordon High
weight room, band suite,
and parents were so excited School and could hold 1,300
engineering and shop class,
about being here.” students. The high school’s
family consumer science
Mitchell said with the first class graduated in 1956.
class, breakout areas for
students’ increased state test
group work, gym, dance
scores and the new building, McNair Middle School Principal Ronald Mitchell takes media on a tour through the school’s new building.
LOCAL DEKALB FREE PRESS • FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 • Page 11

Tucker High School cheerleaders perform at a back-to- Redan High School Marching Band entertains the crowd at DCSD’s Robert R. Students play inside a video game truck during a DCSD school rally July 27
school event July 27. Freeman Administrative & Instructional Complex during a back-to-school event.

DCSD community celebrates with school rally

BY TAYLOR ROBINS
Taylor@dekalbchamp.com
Before DeKalb County School District (DCSD)
had its first day of school, community members, were
invited to celebrate the upcoming school year during
its “One DeKalb” Back-to-School Rally July 27.
The rally featured live entertainment, food,
refreshments, school supplies, health and dental
screenings and free groceries. According to district
officials, more than 1,000 community members and
students attended the event.
“This [was] a family reunion,” said DCSD
Superintendent R. Stephen Green. “This rally [was]
about showing everyone what DeKalb County School
District and DeKalb County is all about. We’re about
celebrating our students. We’re about helping our
community. We [were there] to kick off the 2019-2020
school year in style.”
One of DCSD youngest community members shows her excitement during A family arrives to the “One DeKalb” Back-to-School Rally
a July 27 event. Photos provided by DeKalb County School District. to celebrate the new school year July 27.

EXPO Continued From Page 7

next week and the parents can devote our ninth year, so people know what to
some of that money to clothing or other expect.”
school items,” Keyes said.  Along with school supplies and
Keyes said DeKalb County food, parents also receive nutrition
Commissioner Larry Johnson has education and samples of healthy snack
been heavily involved in the Let’s Move choices.  Johnson said it is important
initiative and back-to-school giveaway.  to serve the community and help them
Johnson said volunteers gave away prepare for school. 
30,000 pounds of fresh fruits and “This is what it’s all about. We just
vegetables during the event. wanted to help them start off the right
“People from all over are coming to way. The health aspect is so important.
this event. I thought it was going to slow We want to show people how to cook
down at noon, but people keep lining healthy. School is more than just going
DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson and The Center Helping Obesity in Children End up,” said Johnson, laughing. “I’m glad to school. It’s about your wellness and
Successfully hosted the annual Let’s Move DeKalb back to school expo event July 27 at the the word has been getting out. This is your health,” Johnson said. 
Intergenerational Center at Exchange Park in Decatur.

BREWERY Continued From Page 8

business operation. We don’t see
how our products are used by the
final consumer, but at the end of
the workday at the building supply
place I can stroll over to the tasting
room and see people enjoying our
beers.”
He said he was pleased at how
smoothly the process of establishing
the business was. “Tucker is such
a business-friendly city. City
officials were so helpful with the
permitting process and everything
else,” Chapman recalled. “It was
really refreshing. I’ve seen what
businesses have to go through
other places and this is so easy in
comparison.”
Chapman added that Tucker
Summit Community Improvement
District (TSCID) where he has
recently been elected board member
and secretary, is contributing
significantly to the Tucker’s
business community. “[TSCID
President] Emory Morsberger.
invited me to get involved, and once
I started attending the meetings,
I was really impressed. I was
honored to be invited to join the
board,” Chapman said. TSCID
is a self-taxing organization that
uses additional property taxes to
enhance economic development
by accelerating infrastructure
and security improvements in the
Tucker area.
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Library to host knit and crochet club
Clarkston Library will host the knit and crochet
club Aug. 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. Attendees can
bring their current project. Beginners who would
like to learn can call or visit the library to sign
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Doraville’s last family-friendly “Movies
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FOOTBALL
The cousin/brothers have played together all of the football career, including during their time at Stephenson High School. Photo provided
Bembry cousins continue football careers at Georgia Southern
BY CARLA PARKER
Carla@dekalbchamp.com
Stephenson High School graduates
and family members Justin Birdsong,
Adrian Lane and Deonta and Isiah
Bembry have played football together
from Little League to high school and
are continuing that tradition in college.
Birdsong and his cousins, brothers
Deonta and Isiah, are members
of Georgia Southern University’s
football team. Birdsong is entering his
sophomore season and Deonta will be
a redshirt freshman after redshirting
(practiced but did not play in any
games) last season. After graduating
from Stephenson last May, Isiah will
join his brother and cousin at Georgia
Southern.
Lane is currently a sophomore at
Allen University in Columbia, S.C.,
but said he plans to transfer from
Lithonia baseball seeking funding to purchase equipment
BY CARLA PARKER
Carla@dekalbchamp.com
To be competitive
against other baseball teams
in the state, Lithonia High
School’s baseball team needs
equipment, such as a pitching
machine, to help them prepare
for tougher competition.
However, the program
does not have the funds to
purchase the machine and
hopes the public will help.
Lithonia coach Sam Marion
created a GoFundMe account
to help the program purchase
a Bata-2 pitching machine.
DEKALB FREE PRESS • FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 • Page 15
Allen after the season to join his three school with me, that’ll be good, but the see them go from 7 to 19 still playing
cousins at Georgia Southern. Lane said fact that we can all still play football the game they love,” he said.
it has always been their dream to play together is perfect.” Birdsong said teammates have
on the same college football team as “I’m ready to get to work,” Isiah been asking how the three of them
they did at the Little League, middle said. were able to get on the same team.
school and high school levels. Birdsong’s mother Kachervian “We always find a way to make it
“I just had to take a different path Pittman said she is thankful the boys happen,” he said.
to get [to Georgia Southern], but I still are all at the same school because she Due to injuries on the team,
expect to be there,” Lane said. “We’ve and her siblings won’t have to decide Birdsong was able to play in eight
grown up close all of our lives and our which games to attend as they would games as a freshman last season
bond is strong. Being separated just have if they all had gone to different and had two tackles and one pass
feels different, but I just have to be schools. deflection. He didn’t practice this
patient and make it do what it do right “We are all thankful because spring due to a groin injury, which
down.” they said it couldn’t happen, that it’s allowed Deonta to practice with the
Birdsong and Deonta said they impossible, that it’s very rare that second-string group. They said they’re
are excited to have Isiah join them at family could [play for] the same both prepared to play more minutes if
Georgia Southern this season. college,” Pittman said. called upon.
“When they told me that [Isiah] Demeche Bembry, father to “I’m still going to [play] with
was going to come, we were in the Deonta and Isiah and a graduate [second string], unless, God forbid, one
room jumping around,” Birdsong of Stephenson, said he is happy of the starters gets hurt,” Birdsong said.
said. “I’m happy about it. We’ve been and blessed that the boys have an “If that happens, I’ll have to step up
playing together since we were [small opportunity to play together. and [start] again. I’ll just go out there
children], so I’m glad I can still be “I started coaching them when they and do my thing until the opportunity
with them. Even if they were just at the were 7 years old and it’s amazing to comes.”
Marion said on the GoFundMe
page that the equipment is
“key for us to compete with
quality teams who have great
pitching as well as a key
component to trained kids.”
The Lithonia Bulldogs
made their second consecutive
appearance in the state playoffs
this past season but fell to No.
1-ranked Loganville in the first
round in a two-game sweep in
the best-of-three series. Marion
told The Champion that a
pitching machine could have
better prepared his players for
the pitchers they faced.
SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 16 Infield at Lithonia High School’s baseball field was redone during the summer break. Photo by Carla Parker
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BASEBALL Continued From Page 15
“When we face [teams] in other
regions, we face better pitchers who
throw a little faster and it gets to us
because we don’t have that pitching
machine that all the other schools
have,” he said.
Lithonia made the playoffs last
season despite not playing any home
games. The Bulldogs played all their
games on the road because their
infield was in poor condition. The
infield flooded when it rained, which
often happened last season. Marion
said DeKalb County School District
would not pay to redo the field at first.
However, when new executive director
of athletics James Jackson and
department of facilities and operation
supervisor Steve Houston visited the
school and examined the field, the
department agreed to pay for the field
repairs, which cost $28,000.
The infield was redone during the
summer break and now has new dirt,
a new pitching mound, sand for the
mound and a new home plate. The
outfield grass was also moved back.
Jackson said the athletic department
helps maintain the fields at each school
in the district, but coaches must do
their part as well.
“I came from [Tucker High School]
where the coaches took care of the
Baseball coach Sam Marion, pictured, said the pitcher’s mound was also redone. Photo by Carla Parker
field,” Jackson said. “We don’t have
people all over the place [who are]
going to cut fields, but the coaches can
do their part.”
Lithonia needs other renovations
such as a bullpen for pitchers, repairs
to the batting cage and removal of
shrubbery and dead tree branches that
are extending over the fence into the
outfield. The program was able to get
DEKALB FREE PRESS • FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 • Page 16
the sprinkler system working, and two
years ago the school district fixed the
scoreboard, which had not functioned
for nearly 10 years.
“When [former coach David High]
was here, he told me [that I will] spend
a lot of [my] own money and I didn’t
believe that until he left and gave [the
program] to me,” Marion said. “When
you want your field and facility to look
like everybody’s else, you’re going to
do what you have to do. I had to put my
foot down and say we have to change it
and that’s what I’m doing.”
Marion said he is in the process
of talking to local businesses to find
sponsorships.
“These kids want to play on good
fields that other kids are playing on. For
me to get [talented players] my facility
must look top notch,” Marion said. “It’s
not fair to the kids when we go to these
other schools and their fields are good,
but then they come back to our facility
it looks [bad]. And it doesn’t look good
when we’re hosting other schools.”
Jackson said budgets for sports in
the district vary with needs.
“The coaches get what they need.
Everyone is going to have uniforms,
bats and balls, but it’s incumbent on the
coaches to do their part also,” he said.
“Those programs in our neighboring
districts, those coaches in all the sports
get out and fundraise because those
other districts do almost about the same
[as DeKalb].”
To donate money for the pitching
machine, visit GoFundMe.com and
search “Lithonia High Baseball.” The
page also includes a link to view the
machine.