Clairmont Heights Civic Association

From the DecaturMinute via communityradar.com: July 27, 2009 by Catherine. The drought may be over, but it never hurts to post a reminder about non-drought outdoor water use, right? Julie Gyuricza, Decatur’s storm water engineer, emailed me a recap of the state-wide outdoor water use for your reading pleasure: The State of Georgia has returned to a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use. Under a non-drought schedule, outdoor water use is allowed three days a week on assigned days using odd and even-numbered addresses. • Odd-numbered addresses can water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. • Even-numbered and unnumbered addresses are allowed to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Water use may occur at any time of the day on the assigned days, but to be water efficient, landscape watering should not occur between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information visit the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ website.

From Congressman Hank Johnson: Congressman Hank Johnson, Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, Proudly serving DeKalb, Rockdale, and Gwinnett Counties Cordially invites you to his 2009 Health CareReform Town Hall Monday, August 10 from 7 to 9 p.m., Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus, Cole Auditorium/Fine Arts Center, 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021 Scheduled Panelists: U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson Moderator: DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson Michael Young, Grady Hospital CEO Dr. Sandra Ford, District Health Director for DeKalb County Dr. Arthur Kellermann, Emory University

From Commissioner Jeff Rader: What are all these words that keep getting used when talking about property taxes? How do you come up with the millage rate? How does HOST (sales tax) figure into this? Why does my bill have all these different rates on it, a tax for this, a tax for that? What’s this about rollback rates? Available on his website here, at http://yourdekalb.com/boc “Hot Topics” and attached.

From Secretaries of Health, Homeland Security, Education via CDC: Fellow Americans, This spring we were confronted with an outbreak of a troubling flu virus called 2009-H1N1. As the fall flu season approaches, it is critical that we reinvigorate our preparedness efforts across the country in order to mitigate the effects of this virus on our communities.