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Father-Son Duo Run Boston Marathon, Raise Funds for Autism WWW.CHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM • FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 • VOL. 16, NO. 4 • FREE FREEP•RESS A PUBLICATION OF ACE III COMMUNICATIONS • Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain. ‘We are all safe.’ Medical workers wheel the injured across the finish line during the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Two bombs From left, Josh Witt, 21, and his father Michael raised more than $8,000 for the Doug Floutie Jr. Autism Foundation. It was the end Boston first Boston Marathon for Josh, who has autism. Marathon; 360 Father-son duo run Boston Georgians in race Marathon, raise funds for autism by Andrew Cauthen [email protected] by Andrew Cauthen IS SHE in sixth grade. When he attended [email protected] Lakeside High School, he ran cross In a quick email to The Cham- IS SHE WHY country. pion, Decatur’s Michael Witt said, “We are all safe.” fter years of running halfSO “It was a great sport because it Witt and his son Josh were two marathons, half ironmans,SO was a no-cut sport,” Michael said. of the more than 360 Georgians Atriathlons—beginning HAPPY“Everybody ? gets trained and every- who participated in the Boston with a 5K when he was 8 or 9— HAPPYbody ? gets to race.” 117th Marathon April 15 that ended Decatur resident Josh Witt, 21, ran Josh said his first half ironman his first Boston Marathon April 15. WHY“was definitely long.”IS SHE abruptly when two bombs exploded near the finish line. It was Josh’s Josh ran the Boston with his “ItSO was definitely a challenge first Boston Marathon. father, 54-year-old Michael, who and once I completed it I just felt Three people were killed and started running marathons in 1983 great,” JoshHAPPY said. “I just wanted to ? more than 150 people injured, when he was in medical school. keep doing it over and over again.” “some gravely,” said Massachusetts What makes this father-son Josh said he wanted to run in Gov. Deval Patrick during a media duo so special is that Joshua was “To get into a Boston [Mara- the Boston Marathon because it’s a diagnosed with autism at the age of family affair. conference April 16. thon] officially, you have to qualify In a phone call when the Witt 4. The Witts ran the 117th Boston in a previous marathon,” Michael “It all started with my par- family returned to Decatur, Michael Marathon as part of the its team of said. “Josh’s age group is pretty ents—watching and hearing my Witt said he and Josh finished the runners raising money for Doug competitive. I knew it was going to dad, seeing all the pictures,” Josh marathon approximately 20 minutes Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism. be pretty hard for him to qualify, but said. “He’s been doing the Boston before the explosions. They were The Doug Flutie Jr. Founda- because of Josh’s autism, I started since 1998 and we’ve had a bunch two blocks away when the bombs tion for Autism supports families looking at various charity organiza- of other friends who’ve done the went off. affected by Autism Spectrum Dis- tions that sponsors runners in the Boston as well.” “We thought, ‘What is that? order and is committed to increas- Boston and one of them was the Josh said it was a “big honor Could it be a bomb?” Witt said. ing awareness of the challenges Doug Floutie Jr. autism foundation. to not just to do the Boston, but to The explosions “took this beau- of living with autism and helping “When they found out that Josh run for a foundation that support tiful day and tarnished it,” Witt said. families find resources to help ad- wanted to run and that Josh has au- autism awareness.” “It went from sheer joy and delight dress those challenges. In Novem- tism and that he was the same age As a child, Josh said he did not because of how everybody did… ber 2012, the foundation launched as [former NFL quarterback] Doug see himself as autistic. then it turned bad and horrible…in a its “21 Campaign” in an effort to Floutie’s son, who the foundation “In my past and in my life… moment when we should have been raise awareness of the many adults is named after, then they gave Josh autism never really occurred to living with autism, the unique chal- a [race] number and provided me me,” Josh said. “I just [sought] to celebrating. It was just not what we Because she gets her news updates online from the The Champion. expected.” lenges that they face, and what the a number as well, if we could raise be a normal person and do these Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Flutie FoundationBecause is doing she to gets sup- her news$8,000.” updates online from the The Champion.races without having people know said, “This is a very difficult time in port these individuals.Because Doug she gets Flutie her newsThe updates Witts online said they from raised the The Champion.Andor you feel cansorry too! for me. Follow I just wanted us. our city’s history. Jr., who was diagnosed with au- a little more than the minimum to be normal.” tism at the age of 3, recently turned amount. 21 years old. And you can too! Follow us. www.facebook.com/championnewspaper See Bombing on Page 15A Josh began serious running See Marathon on Page 15A And you can too! Follow us. www.twitter.com/championnews www.facebook.com/championnewspaper Like Us On Follow Us On www.facebook.com/championnewspaper www.twitter.com/championnews www.twitter.com/championnews www. championnewspaper.com www. championnewspaper.com www. championnewspaper.com The Champion Free Press, Friday, April 19, 2013 LOCAL NEWS Page 2A ATTENTION! The government has cited GOLDEN LIVING CENTER GLENWOOD for failing to give residents proper treatment to prevent or heal pressure sores. If you suspect that a loved one was NEGLECTED or ABUSED at Golden Living Center Glenwood, call McHugh Fuller today! Bedsores Broken Bones Unexplained Injuries Death 1-800-939-5580 Over 20 years experience ghting for nursing home victims 97 Elias Whiddon Road • Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402 Advertisement. Michael J. Fuller, Jr. is responsible for the content of this advertisement. Page 3A The Champion Free Press, Friday, April 19, 2013 LifeLine Animal Project, a nonprofit animal rescue organization based in Avondale Estates, plans to convert the DeKalb County animal shelter into a “no-kill” operation. LifeLine Animal Project to turn DeKalb Shelter into a ‘no-kill’ operation by Carla Parker animals. following the plan of cities that have The contract to run the shelter is [email protected] “But it’s going to take some handled overcrowding without kill- still under negotiation. time,” she said. “We are relying ing animals. LifeLine founder Rebecca Guinn LifeLine Animal Project, a non- on the help of the community, vol- “There are a lot of ways we can started the program 10 years ago profit program whose purpose is unteers and rescue groups to help keep dogs from coming into the after seeing so many pets being eu- to end animal euthauasia, plans to us save animals. We are in need of shelter in the first place,” she said. thanized at animal shelters. At that convert the DeKalb County animal foster homes because every time “Sometimes it’s just that the dogs time, nearly 60,000 pets were being shelter into a “no-kill” operation. we have a foster home, not only do have a medical problem that the killed in the metro Atlanta area every LifeLine, which also has a con- they take one dog out that could be owners can’t afford to fix and we year. She decided the answer to that tract to operate the Fulton County euthanized, but it will make room for can help them with that. Sometimes problem is to spay and neuter. animal shelter, was awarded a con- another dog so they won’t be eutha- it’s a behavioral issue and we have LifeLine, which has two loca- tract to operate the DeKalb County nized.” trainers that are willing to help with tions in Decatur and College Park, animal shelter in February. Both Hirsch added that LifeLine is also that.” promotes homeless pet adoption, county shelters have been criticized looking at other initiated programs. Hirsch added that LifeLine will provides affordable spay and neuter for high euthanasia rates and poor “We’ve got many projects under also have adoption specials and services, promotes public aware- living conditions and LifeLine wants way that will help save the dogs’ make the shelter friendlier. ness and advocate lifesaving public to find a way to convert them to no- lives as well,” she said. “Our goal “It’s going to look nicer,” she policy. The group goes to animal kill operations. is to make Atlanta a lifesaving com- said. “Right now it kind of looks shelters to get animals that wouldn’t LifeLine public relations rep- munity.” scary, so we’re going to make it a be adopted and bring them back to resentative Karen Hirsch said the Animal shelters euthanize ani- nicer place to come in to get the dogs the facility to rehabilitate them. organization’s goal is to end the eu- mals to reduce the overcrowding at and have a staff that’s very welcom- See related story on page 8A. thanization of any healthy, adoptable the shelter. Hirsch said LifeLine is ing and helpful to people as well.” Residents upset over proposed sewer tax allocation district by Daniel Beauregard ferred until the commis- night…we’re paying for said.
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