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Atlanta open cooling stations for seniors

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June 13, 2011

Atlanta officials have opened three cooling stations to give seniors a cool and safe place to relax during the hot summer.

The Dunbar Neighborhood Center at 477 Windsor Street and Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center, 250 Georgia Avenue, will open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. during the week. The J.C. Birdine Center, 215 Lakewood Way, S.E., will open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. week days.

On June 28, in the City Hall Atrium, SCANA Energy will donate 1,000 fans to the city for distribution to low-income, elderly residents. Call 404-330-6023 to request a fan.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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