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DeKalb water park offers free admission Saturday

Kendric Taylor (front) makes his way up the stairs of one of the water slides at the Browns Mill Aquatic Center. Renee’ Hannans Henry/AJC.
Kendric Taylor (front) makes his way up the stairs of one of the water slides at the Browns Mill Aquatic Center. Renee’ Hannans Henry/AJC.
By Mark Niesse
Aug 11, 2016

Entry to DeKalb County’s water park is free on Saturday evening for a community appreciation day event.

Browns Mill Aquatic Center near Lithonia will be open to the public from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The event, sponsored by DeKalb Superior Court Clerk Debra DeBerry, will include a food ticket and music.

The park has swimming pools, water slides and a lazy river.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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