DECATUR: Mayors participate in annual bike ride

Nearly 2,000 cyclists are expected to take to the streets next month as part of an annual ride in support of improved conditions for bicycling in Georgia.

Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd and Roswell Mayor Jere Wood will kick off police-escorted rides from their respective cities as part of the "Georgia Rides to the Capitol" event on March 11.

The two rides will converge for the final approach to the Capitol in downtown Atlanta and be joined by Mayor Shirley Franklin, among others.

Registration for the event, designed to boost support for a system of regional bike and walking paths, is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, visit

www.georgiaridestothecapitol.org.

DEKALB COUNTY: Flake says she'll seek re-election

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gail Flake has announced that she will seek re-election this year.

Flake served as a State Court judge from 1991 to 1993, when she was appointed to a Superior Court vacancy by then-Gov. Zell Miller. She since has been elected to three four-year terms.

Flake has served as chief judge in DeKalb and on the executive committees of the Judicial Council of Georgia and the Council of Superior Court Judges.