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Organizing donated items a labor of love for 80-year-old volunteer

Bobbie Wakamo looks over the thousands of books donated to the United Methodist Children’s Home that must be sorted by type and subject. Photo by Kathy Mitchell
Years of shopping flea markets and yard sales have left Bobbie Wakamo with a good eye for quality used goods and a talent for pricing such items. That has made her an ideal volunteer with United Methodist Children’s Home, whose principal fundraiser...

News update, June 1

Golf tournament to benefit Porter Sanford Center Commissioner Stan Watson will host the 15th annual Father’s Day Friday Golf Tournament  Friday, June 15, at Sugar Creek Golf Course. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9...

Adapting to success: Former custodian enjoys long career helping disabled athletes

Working as a 19-year old custodian at Peachcrest Elementary School, Mike Miller began a 28-year journey that changed his life and the lives of many students. In 1985, Miller was asked to help coach a group of disabled students who play sports from wh...

Proposed Lithonia biomass plant seeks permit

It has a new name, but it’s still the proposed gasification plant for Lithonia. Green Energy Partners filed a permit with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in April to construct a 10- to 12-megawatt “biomass fuel electric generating f...

Students building solar car for summer competition

Members of the DeKalb County School District Engineering and VEX Robotics teams have begun building a solar car to compete in the Solar Car Challenge at the Texas Motor Speedway in July. Photo by Daniel Beauregard
Cross Keys High School engineering teacher Patrick Gunter told students May 22 they need to be prepared to work 50 hours a week, from Tuesday through Saturday, if they want to finish building their car in time for the Solar Car Challenge. Gunter, who...