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Archive for June 30th 2010

School board to review policies to prevent future corruption

The DeKalb County Board of Education is in the process of revising a series of policies that address the kind of corruption that led to indictment of its superintendent and construction chief last month. The board’s budget committee discussed the c...

Parker grows into spot on U.S. national team

Miller Grove's Tony Parker. Photo by Travis Hudgons
The baby fat and about 15 pounds are gone. So is the annoying nickname. Tony Parker isn’t the same person or basketball player he was four months ago as a member of the Miller Grove Class AAAA state championship basketball team. Instead, the rising...

Globe trotter: Prescott marathon journey has taken her around the world

Decatur resident and Atlanta VA Hospital social worker Kendel Prescott, 49, stretches before a run. Recently she became the youngest person and first female to complete five marathons in each of the 50 states plus Washington D.C. Photo provided
The frozen ground on King George Island, off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, has crunched beneath her running shoes. A 12-mile stretch of the Great Wall of China has allowed her a vantage point of indescribable beauty. Her journey has been observ...