COBB
Inmate released, re-arrested on theft charges
When he was released from the Cobb County jail earlier this month, Christopher Alan Estes was given back his personal belongings, including the shirt he was wearing when he was arrested. But instead of his own shirt, Estes, 37, of Marietta, allegedly kept a jail T-shirt. When he was spotted Wednesday in Woodstock wearing the shirt for inmates, he was re-arrested and charged with theft by taking, a misdemeanor, jail records show. He was re-booked into the Cobb County jail, where he remained Monday.
Estes was denied bond for violating the terms of his probation, booking records show. Alexis Stevens
Person shot during fight at Kennesaw club
One person was shot during a fight at a Kennesaw nightclub Friday night. But the person shot didn’t realize it until several miles away, according to police.
The fight started between two people at Diamond Dave’s, located in a shopping center on Cobb Parkway. The person hit by gunfire was traveling in a vehicle in the Acworth area when he realized he was injured.The victim, whose name was not released, was transported to the hospital. His condition was not known Monday. Alexis Stevens
Police ID man shot, killed at his home
Police identified the man who died after being shot in the front yard of his home late Sunday as Damatre Hedrick, 25.
The shooting happened about 11 p.m. Sunday outside the victim’s home on Beech Drive off Memorial Drive.
Hedrick was walking up to his home when a lone gunman fired several shots. Mike Morris
Smyrna Fire gets pet oxygen masks
A veterinary clinic in Smyrna will deliver three oxygen mask kits for pets to Smyrna Fire Department station five at 3 p.m. Tuesday, 750 Cooper Lake Road. Smyrna has five fire stations and one kit for reviving pets from smoke inhalation. Cat Care of Vinings is halfway to a goal of $2,100 to supply each station with six pet oxygen masks. The cost is $70 per kit. Information www.gofundme.com/a7xfc8.
Tucker McQueen for the AJC
Floyd Road cleanup on Saturday
Volunteers are asked to join the Mableton Improvement Coalition at 9 a.m. Saturday to collect trash along Floyd Road between the Mableton Post Office and the intersection of Floyd and Hicks Roads.
The meeting place will be in front of the Pizza Hut in the Publix shopping center on Floyd Road.
MIC will provide latex gloves, safety vests, trash bags and bottled water.
Information: mableton.org/ai1ec_event/adopt-a-mile-2/?instance_id=356.
Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
Marietta to hold SPLOST meeting
Marietta will hold a 2016 SPLOST information meeting 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 205 Lawrence St. City staff will explain Marietta’s list of about $57 million in proposed projects including road improvements on Powder Springs Street west from South Marietta Parkway to Sandtown Road and a new bridge at Old Highway 41 and Church Street Extension.
Information: www.mariettaga.gov.
Tucker McQueen for the AJC
GWINNETT
Sleeping man wounded in drive-by shooting
A Gwinnett County man was shot early Monday during an apparent drive-by shooting, police said.
The shooting happened about 12:15 a.m. in the 2900 block of Trotters Pointe Drive, where a resident “reported that her fiancé was shot in the back while sleeping and it appeared it may have been from a drive by-type shooting.
Police are looking for a four-door pickup truck, possibly black or maroon. The victim was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center, and is expected to survive. Mike Morris
Duluth citizens police academy kicks off
The Duluth Police Department will kick-off a 10-week Citizen’s Police Academy Sept. 11 with student graduation Nov. 20. Classes will be 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at the Public Safety Building, 3276 Buford Highway, Duluth. Learn about: laws of arrest, patrol techniques, domestic violence and crisis intervention, firearms safety, crime scene management, and traffic enforcement. Deadline: Aug. 8. Information: 678-512-3729 or www.duluthga.net.Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Loganville intersection to get improvements
Loganville is nearing completion of an intergovernmental agreement between the city and Gwinnett County for improvements to the intersection at Brand Road and U.S. Highway 78 that will include an additional right turn lane and more directional arrows. The $1 million project will be funded through SPLOST.Karen Huppertz
Dacula networking group to meet
The Dacula Business Association will meet 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the Trophy Club of Apalachee, 1008 Dacula Road. The organization meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month to network and promote one another’s businesses. Information: www.daculabusinessassociation.com.
Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Free citizenship prep classes in Norcross
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services will offer free Citizenship Prep classes 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at The Norcross Human Services Center, 5030 Georgia Belle Court. Registration: 4 to 7 p.m. July 29 at the Norcross Human Services Center. Information: 248-558-9774.
Karen Huppertz for the AJC
Kidney group helps Recycle Center
Snellville’s recycling center will see a more than $10,000 annual revenue bump thanks to American Kidney Services. Under the terms of a recent agreement, AKS will provide one truck to be used as a drop-off point for clothing and other ‘hard goods’ donated by residents 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the center located at 2531 Marigold Road next to Briscoe Park. AKS guarantees $1,200 per month for one year for placing its trucks in the center’s parking lot, plus 11 cents per pound on items collected. The anticipated revenue will be a minimum of $900 per month more than the center was getting from Goodwill under a similar program. Information: www.akfpickup.com.
Karen Huppertz for the AJC
NORTHSIDE
Roadwork set for western Cherokee County
Work’s expected to start soon on a road improvement project in western Cherokee County. The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.9 million contract to do redo the intersection of Ga. 20 and Ga. 108, including realigning White Road and Mt. Carmel Church Lane to connect with the intersection and installing a traffic signal. The half-mile long project’s set for completion by June, 2016. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Voting locations expand in Forsyth
Forsyth County Voter Registrations and Elections is offering more locations for the final week of advance voting before the July 22 runoff. In addition to the Forsyth County Administration Building, 110 E. Main St., Cumming, voters can cast ballot through Friday at: Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road; Sharon Springs Park Community Building, 1950 Sharon Road; Cumming City Hall, 100 Main St.; and Midway Park Community Building, 5100 Post Road. Times vary. I0nformation: forsythco.com
Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Roswell parks sets fall, winterw programs
Registration starts July 21 for Roswell residents (July 28 for non-residents) for the Parks , Recreation Historic and Cultural Affairs Department’s fall/winter programs. The programming brochure is now online and details dozens of athletic, arts center, health/wellness, performing arts and other classes, events and activities. More information and to register: roswellgov.com
Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Woodall to speak to Forsyth Republicans
U.S Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., is set to speak to the Forsyth County Republican Party regular monthly meeting. It’s set for 9 a.m. Saturday at the VFW post, 1045 Dahlonega Highway, Cumming. His press spokesman says such issues as the current U.S.-Mexico border crisis and the federal highway trust fund may come up.
Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Baseball league signup underway
The Johns Creek Ocee Park Athletic Association is registering young players for its fall baseball leagues. Registration’s open through July 31 for recreational leagues for kids ages 4-16, as well as for travel teams. Practices begin Aug. 18, with the first games set for Sept. 8. Fees range from $120-145 for Johns Creek residents, more for players from other jurisdictions. More information: www.oceepark.com
Mark Woolsey for the AJC
Sandy Springs to debut $3.6M linear park
Sandy Springs’ Abernathy Greenway Linear Park will officially open with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting Thursday at the western edge of the project, along Abernathy between Brandon Mill and Wright roads.
First planned in 2007, the $3.6 million, 6.6-acre project developed in conjunction with the widening of Abernathy includes a plaza, gardens, lighted trails, playgrounds and a playable art park. Mark Woolsey for the AJC
ATLANTA
Klan recruiting in Atlanta neighborhoods
The Ku Klux Klan has been leaving recruiting flyers on cars in Candler Park and Cabbagetown as part of a national drive to add to its membership roles.
The grand wizard, Robert Jones, confirmed that the flyers were a product of the KKK.
The KKK wrote in the flyer: “Save the land. Join the Klan.” and “We are a law-abiding Christian organization.”
The flyer also advertises a Klan-sponsored neighborhood watch. Rhonda Cook
Battle of Peachtree Creek drama on Friday
The Atlanta History Center will begin its 150th anniversary observance of the Battle of Peachtree Creek at 8 p.m. Friday at the center’s McElreath Hall Woodruff Auditorium, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW with the musical drama presentation, “A Sweet Strangeness Thrills My Heart: The World of Sallie Independence Foster, 1861-1887.”
Storyteller Dolores Hydock and music historian Bobby Horton will interweave Sallie’s story with camp songs, period favorites and original tunes.
Costs: $15, members; $20, nonmembers.
More Battle of Peachtree Creek events are scheduled by the center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Information: atlantahistorycenter.com/Battle. Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
Free GWTW exhibit open through 2015
“Wilbur G. Kurtz: History in ‘Gone With the Wind’” is open through next year, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, at the Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW.
The free exhibit presents journals, correspondence, drawings and photographs of Kurtz, who guided the film’s production as historian and technical advisor.
Information: atlantahistorycenter.com/attraction/wilbur-g-kurtz-history-gone-wind.
Carolyn Cunningham for the AJC
DEKALB
Man ejected from SUV on Interstate 85
A man died early Monday when he lost control of his vehicle on Interstate 85 at North Druid Hills, according to DeKalb County police.
A 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling on the access road when the driver attempted to enter onto the entry ramp of northbound I-85. He lost control of the SUV, causing it to go down an embankment and flip into the roadway. The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the SUV. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. No names have been released. Fran Jeffries
Interim commission seat draws 20
Twenty people have applied to become a temporary DeKalb County commissioner representing the southeastern portion of the county.
A panel of three citizens will narrow the field to two candidates, and then Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May will choose a finalist for the board’ consideration.The interim commissioner will serve at least until the end of suspended DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis’ trial, which is scheduled to begin in September.
The candidates for the District 5 seat are Tarnisha Dent, George Turner Jr., Gina Smith Mangham, Charles Smith Hill, Kenneth R. Saunders III, Markus J. Butts, Kathryn T. Rice, Randal Mangham, Faye Coffield, Jacqueline Tumbling, Pierre Louis, Melvin D. Mitchell, Belinda M. Myers, Harmel Deanne Codi, Joscelyn C. O’Neil, Andre R. White, Geraldine A. Champion, Kamau K. Mason, Angela Moore and Wendolyn Peters.
The citizen panel is made up of Lithonia resident and community activist Lisa Allen, Stone Mountain resident and attorney Rosalind Newell and state Rep. Rahn Mayo, D-Decatur. Mark Niesse
County schools surplus auction underway
DeKalb County School District is selling surplus furniture, equipment, vehicles and supplies by an online auction.
Items such as HVAC equipment, office furniture, audio visual equipment, student furniture, household appliances and shop equipment are already available for auction online. To place a bid, visit the auction web page.
Bids can be placed 24/7 until the auction is over. Several items begin closing at 9 a.m. July 26. To preview auction items, contact Global Auction Services at 850-8780-3030 or info@globalauctionserv.com and make an appointment for July 24 or 25.
Emily Farlow
Tree protection focus of meeting
Brookhaven City Council held a special called work session on Monday to review the city’s tree ordinance. Many residents are concerned that as homebuilders tear down older homes, so goes a 40 or 50-year-old tree.
Currently, the city’s ordinance is identical to Dekalb County’s tree ordinance.
Adrianne Murchison
Farmers market open Tuesdays
Locally grown produce, dairy and meats are available at the Stone Mountain Farmers Market on Tuesdays through Sept. 9.
The weekly producer-only market is held 4-7 p.m., in the municipal parking lot at 922 Main Street in Stone Mountain Village. Adrianne Murchison
SOUTHSIDE
Henry school board to meet, set millage rate
The Henry County Board of Education will host three meetings in the next two weeks to adopt the millage rate for the 2014-2015 school year. There is no proposed increase as the millage rate is already at its limit of 20 mills and has been since 2007. Two hearings are set for Wednesday and the final adoption of the millage rate is scheduled for July 23 at 5 p.m. Information: www.henry.k12.ga.us. Monroe Roark for the AJC
Market Day in Fayetteville Saturday
Downtown Fayetteville’s Market Day for July will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday around the Lane Brown Gazebo in the Administrative Complex, 140 Stonewall Ave. West. Local vendors will have home-grown or homemade foods and crafts for sale. The event runs monthly through October. Information: 770-719-4173. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
Henry to lower insurance premium
Henry County has received a dividend in the amount of $103,021 from the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia—Interlocal Risk Management Association. The dividend will be used as a credit toward Henry County’s property and liability insurance premium. Information: www.henrycounty-ga.org.
Monroe Roark for the AJC
Dragon Boat teams, vendors wanted
The Peachtree City Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Rotary Club of Peachtree City are accepting applications for the International Festival and Rotary Dragon Boat Races taking place Sept. 27 at Lake McIntosh. Register at www.ptcdragonboats.org, with a discount by July 15.
Artisans, performers, vendors: schwartzcbs@gmail.com or 678-216-0282 or by Aug. 19. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
Clayton access TV ads channel
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners announced recently that the county’s local government access station – Clayton County Access Television is now available to AT&T U-verse Digital TV subscribers on Channel 99. CCTV has been accessible through Comcast since 2004 and can currently be viewed on Comcast Channel 23.
The combined television access expands opportunities for more residents in Clayton County to tune into their county government to learn about changes in government, programs, resources and events. CCTV, which showcases local government programming such as re-televised board meetings and upcoming events, will be available to subscribers inside and outside the county. Staff
Library sponsors summer art contest
A summer art contest sponsored by Friends of the Peachtree City Library is open for entries. The theme is “Ride the Wind,” and works must be two-dimensional and in any medium except photography. Three age categories range from first grade through adult. Artwork must be received by July 18.
Information:www.peachtree-city.org. Jill Howard Church for the AJC
