ATLANTA
Debate and forum set for APS board races
Atlanta school board candidates who advanced to runoff elections Dec. 3 will meet during a debate and a forum this week.
The runoffs will determine four races, including contests for two citywide representatives and seats in south and west Atlanta.
A candidate forum is scheduled for Tuesday at Frederick Douglass High School at 6 p.m., and a debate is planned for Thursday at Cascade Elementary at 6 p.m. Mark Niesse
DEKALB
Overhaul of intersections could begin next fall
Decatur unveiled nearly finished plans for restructuring the city’s two most troublesome intersections, McDonough Street at College Avenue, and Candler Road at College, both with railroad crossings.
Work could begin next fall, cost is $600,000 per intersection, with the DOT paying 75 percent and the city 25 percent.
Bill Banks for the AJC
CLAYTON
Clayton State to get new science equipment
Gov. Nathan Deal said next year’s budget will include $2.9 million to equip Clayton State University’s new state-of-the art science building. Deal made the announcement during a gathering of Clayton State faculty, staff, students and dignitaries attending the groundbreaking for the $19.8 million facility.
The money will be used to buy scientific equipment for the building’s 16 labs.
The ceremony was on the site of the new building in the parking lot across from the university's Laboratory Annex Building. Tammy Joyner
FAYETTE
Fayette sets weed height limit
Fayette County homeowners must keep their grass and weeds cut below 14 inches high or risk a code violation.
The Board of Commissioners voted last week to set the limit in the maintenance ordinance, which had gone unspecified for a decade and thwarted code enforcement.
Vegetation used for agriculture is excluded. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
HENRY
Adopt-A-Senior needs volunteers for holidays
The Henry County Council on Aging and Henry County Senior Services are looking for someone to adopt a senior citizen for the holidays.
Through the Adopt-a-Senior program, a participant can buy gifts for a designated senior or make a cash donation to the program.
There are 275 seniors who receive in-home services from Henry County Senior Services.
Information: 770-288-7010, 770-288-7000 or www.henrycounty-ga.org/seniorservices. Monroe Roark for the AJC
GWINNETT
Norcross giving to benefit mental health hospitals
The annual Mayor’s Motorcade campaign will accept donations of toothbrushes, combs, brushes, bath soaps, lotions, make-up kits, art supplies, new clothing, PG or G-rated videos and board games through Dec. 2 for patients living in mental health hospitals across Georgia.
Call 678-421-2069 to schedule a pick-up or drop off donations to Norcross City Hall or email angie.padilla@norcrossga.net for more ideas. Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Alumnus speaks at commencement
Georgia Gwinnett College class of 2011 graduate Homero Gonzalez will join the ranks of former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson and Gov. Nathan Deal when he presents the keynote address at GGC's Dec. 19 winter commencement. Since graduation, he has received two Emmy awards from the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Information: www.ggc.edu. Karen Huppertz for the AJC
