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DeKalb family event rescheduled

By Mark Niesse
July 21, 2014

A DeKalb County community event with food, music, games and government information has been rescheduled for Saturday after it was postponed because of rainy whether last weekend.

The DeKalb County Community Education Family Fun Day is free and open to the public, and it includes educational information about several county initiatives such as the fats, oils and grease recycling.

The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. at Mason Mill Park, 1340 McConnell Drive in Decatur.

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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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