Clairmont Heights Civic Association

How often do you hear yourself or others say “I don’t have time to exercise”? Here are some ideas to help you put activity (read exercise) into your day.

Walk up or down the stairs instead of taking the elevator.

Park your car at the parking space the farthest from the store. Not only does this give you a little walk break, but reduces the stress of driving around the lot searching for the closest space.

Turn on your favorite dance music while cleaning the house and dance your way through chores.

Get off the couch! If you want to watch TV, sit on the floor and do some stretching or work on toning your abs. Do you have an old exercise bike gathering dust in the garage? Dust it off and take a ride while watching a show.

Keep a pair of comfortable shoes in your desk and take a walk break during lunch.

What other ideas do you have for putting some activity into the day? We would love to hear from you.

Travis Hudgens of Hudgens Photography sends in these great pics from yesterday’s “Chicks in the City” event at the Decatur Farmer’s Market. More after the jump!

DeKalb County’s government will help local residents organize a task force to create a series of clean-up options for the polluted South River, CEO Burrell Ellis said. The solution was announced Aug. 16 at a meeting for the Miners Creek Circle Civi...

The two old warriors walked slowly with their canes down the halls of Park Springs, pleasantly pointing out the amenities of their retirement community near Stone Mountain: clubhouse, barbershop, library and a tavern where you can get a drink for $2.50.

In the New York Times’ cleverly titled article, “A Novel Is All the Rage Even Before It Is Sold“, (“rage” as in both “fad or craze” and “a fit of anger”), journo Julie Bosman relays the array of buzz surrounding the pending release of Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom”. Mary Flad points out this particularly Decatur-centric paragraph… Next Wednesday, [...]

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Where would Atlanta be without Coca-Cola?  And where would Coca-Cola be without prohibition? From the January 11, 1908 issue of The Atlanta Georgian.

A man linked by DNA to several rapes eight years ago has been indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury.

Several Georgia communities have been shut out of a taxpayer-funded federal program aimed at ridding localities of dangerous illegal immigrants, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.

On a night offenses struggled, Stephenson got the smidgen it needed. Jaguars quarterback Jordan Tarver snuck 2 yards for the winning touchdown in the second overtime to propel the Jaguars past host Parkview 21-14.

Everyone knows about Tucker’s “Big Three” seniors - linebackers James Vaughters (Stanford commit) and Justin Garrett (Auburn), and safety Chris Sanders (Georgia).

DeKalb schools report $40 million surplus in construction fundsThe savings is the result of decreased construction costs and better planning on how to allocate the school district’s $513 million Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds, school officials announced Friday.

he board is now determining how to utilize that extra money. Suggestions include expanding the Coralwood Diagnostic Center, which serves special needs children, roof replacements, more parking and additions to replace trailers. The $40 million may only be used for capital improvements.

The SPLOST program, which runs from 2007-2012, is expected to raise $513.4 million. So far, the district has contracts for about $463 million in projects, said Barbara Colman, the district’s interim capital improvement program operations officer.

The school board also has the option to use $58 million in interest-free federal stimulus bonds. The board must decide by Oct. 4 to accept this money, said chief financial officer Marcus Turk.

However, some board members are reluctant to approve the bonds.

“The ultimate person who will pay for these funds is the taxpayer,” board member Don McChesney said. “I know we’re all in a situation that when everybody dangles money in front of us, we just grab it. But we need to make it clear to the taxpayer that this is money they will have to pay back.”

What does having an extra $40 mil from SPLOST mean? It means that the Board of Education, Tom Bowen Chairperson, never ever FREAKING paid attention before. It means that Central Office administrators, such as Bob Moseley, Marcus Turk and Ron Ramsey, never paid attention before. They allowed one person, Pat Pope-Red, to hold power over hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.

It is a nice surprise to hear Don McChesney mention "the taxpayer". You won't hear our BOE members mention that term often.

If this BOE wants SPLOST IV to pass, there better be transparency, and I mean every penny, every contract, every change order, posted online with a chance for public comment. No more last minute switches or changes that allowed (alledgely) Pat Pope Reid to get away with mischief that led to an unheard of, unprecedented RICO indictment.

The BOE has $40 mil to play with Gene Walker is salivating). They better be pretty damn darn careful on his they spend it. We're watching.

Without any other prospective buyers, GM is imploring DeKalb County commissioners to change their minds about a deal to redevelop the vacant Doraville plant.

Despite allegations of illegal construction deals, DeKalb County schools have a surplus of almost $40 million in construction funds.

It had already been one of the longest and most excruciating nights of her life. Now Cathey Steinberg was being awakened at 5 a.m.

Former President Jimmy Carter left Pyongyang, North Korea this morning, Aug. 27, accompanied by Aijalon Mahli Gomes. Gomes was imprisoned in January of this year and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a fine of about $600,000 for the crime of illegal entry into North Korea.

From Catherine over at The Decatur Minute… he City of Decatur Public Works Sanitation Division is working to resolve an issue with a defective Pay-As-You-Throw bag shipment from the bag manufacturer. It appears that the problem is isolated to the green, 8-gallon bags. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. If you have received [...]

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A jury on Friday convicted a Clayton County police officer of DUI and speeding, but acquitted him of two other charges, Channel 2 Action News reports .