Summer Food Kickoff to provide healthy meals to children

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Friday, June 14th, 2013, 1:36pm

Summer Food Kickoff to provide healthy meals to children

ATLANTA -- Georgia's Department of Early Child Care and Learning, the Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Food Bank Association will hold a summer event where Atlanta kids can get a healthy meal.

The 2013 Georgia Summer Food Service Program is set for Saturday, June 18 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in Grant Park. A spokesman for DECAL said more than 116 program sponsors from across Georgia are expected to serve over 3.5 million meals at over 1,500 sites.

"Providing nutritious summer meals to children who would normally receive free breakfast or lunch during the school year is part of DECAL's commitment to keeping Georgia's children healthy." DECAL Commissioner Bobby Cagle said.

Providing the meals are important to DECAL, as some children in especially low-income areas receive free and low-cost breakfast and lunch from school before class, and do not get them when school is on summer break.

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Summer program rallies for bicycles to connect Atlanta

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 6:15pm

Summer program rallies for bicycles to connect Atlanta

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is hoping to raise money over the summer so that bike lanes can run through Atlanta neighborhoods.

The summer advocacy campaign, Connecting the City will support the addition of bicycle lanes along Peachtree Street, DeKalb Avenue and Lee Street.

According to the ABC, Mayor Reed announced their goal: to be a Top 10 biking city by 2016, including 120 miles of bikeways.

If the bikes become part of a new transportation in mode like the ABC hopes, a bike share program in Atlanta could make getting around easier for commuters.

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A Cabbagetown dad and his land shark

Submitted by Jeff Hullinger, 11Alive Reporter

Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 7:17am

ATLANTA -- Dave Dechant of Cabbagetown is a stay-at-home dad and husband.

When the 43 year old with a degree in writing needed something to do as the kids went to school and his wife to work, Dave taught himself to sculpt.

This is not about clay and wood. Dechant purchased 30,000 lbs. of Georgia granite and has created, with his own hands, a 22-foot long shark with a man inside. The home project has taken him two years. The shark has now been paired down to 10,000 lbs.

Did we mention it sits in his front yard?

We received a call from his neighbor George Berry. The retired sculpting teacher from Kennesaw State University told us his neighbor is astonishing and has done something that needed to be seen.

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CEO chosen for Atlanta BeltLine development firm

Submitted by The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 12th, 10:18 pm

ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Board of Directors has named transportation and development consultant Paul Morris as its CEO.

Officials said Wednesday that Morris has nearly 30 years of international experience in positions related to transportation, urban redevelopment, natural resource management, public parks and more.

Before being named Atlanta BeltLine CEO, Morris served as deputy secretary for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and did consulting work for an investment firm before that.

City officials say the Atlanta BeltLine is a redevelopment project that will create a network of public parks and multi-use trails along a 22-mile railroad corridor that encircles many of the city's neighborhoods.

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Atlanta student talent joins side of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 3:52pm

Atlanta student talent joins side of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

ATLANTA -- Students from all over Atlanta will join their music talent with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for an upcoming Side-By-Side Concert.

The joint performance is set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 27. It will be held in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

A spokesperson for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra said staff conductor Jere Flint will lead the musicians. They will play the Prelude to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and selections from Bizet and Stravinsky.

The performance is the finish line for students who took on an intensive orchestral workshop. During which, musicians from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra coached the students, guided rehearsals and gave instruction. Students also received mentoring from ASO musicians during the workshop's four days.

This year's 2013 Side-By-Side performance will feature 55 Atlanta student musicians.

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Fulton County presents home rehab for seniors only

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Tuesday, June 11th, 11:42 am

FAIRBURN, Ga. -- Fulton County seniors can learn more about Housing Rehabilitation issues during a Tuesday, June 11, 2013, Information Session at New Beginnings Senior Center.

The session begins at 12:45 p.m. and concludes at 1:45 p.m. New Beginnings is located at 66 Brooks Street in Fairburn.

The one hour program will provide information on Home Repairs. The information session is sponsored by the Fulton County Office of Housing and Community Developments, a division of the Department of Housing and Human Services.

Citizens in need of reasonable accommodations due to a disability including communications in an alternative format should contact Deborah Porcher in the Department of Housing and Human Services at (404) 613-7944. For Georgia Relay Access, dial 711.

For more information about upcoming information sessions, call 404-613-7944.

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Hearings to begin in APS cheating scandal

Submitted by Duffie Dixon, 11Alive Reporter

Monday, June 10th, 2013, 8:35am

Hearings to begin in APS cheating scandal

ATLANTA -- Three days of motions hearings are expected to begin Monday in Fulton County court regarding 35 educators charged with racketeering, lying to investigators and theft.

Judge Jerry Baxter will oversee the proceedings where it will be argued whether the defendants should be tried separately or as a group.

On Sunday, Mayor Kasim Reed said he could not comment on the pending cases but is certain that systemic cheating in Atlanta's schools will never happen again.

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