The Decatur Minute

The Decatur High Tennis Team is holding a fundraiser this Sunday called Play it Forward. If you haven’t signed up, what are you waiting for? Give the love of tennis to the kids! Register for Play It Forward this Sunday and let the Decatur High School Tennis Team teach your children how to play tennis. The whole community benefits!

Online registration for the kids’ tennis clinics:

http://survey.constantcontact.com/…/…/a00di759wqcr/questions

Online registration for the round robin:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/…/…/a00di759wqcr/questions

Relevant details: The event will take place Sunday March 15, at the Byers Tennis Courts on Agnes Scott College Campus from 12pm to 3pm and will include:

– One-hour kids’ tennis clinics (participants’ age: 4 to 10; $5 per clinic)
– A Parent and Child Round Robin tennis Tournament ($5 per participant)
– Delicious bake sale & amazing raffle

Important: register online as soon as possible, as tennis court space limits participation

“THE BULLDOG PLAY IT FORWARD FUNDRAISER” is an event to support all students wanting to play tennis for Decatur High School!

Organized by Decatur High School’s Tennis Team in collaboration with Agnes Scott College

This event will be staffed by the DHS tennis players, volunteering parents and friends. All proceeds will go to the Decatur High School Tennis Team to help offset the costs incurred by employing a “no-cuts” philosophy

If you just want to have a few hours of tennis fun, while supporting a good cause, please come! but don’t forget to sign up early since space is limited!

There will also be a delicious bake sale and a raffle with totally amazing prizes (free month of FitWit, week long summer tennis camp at Dekalb Tennis Center, tennis racquet, chiropractic sessions, massage gift cards, and so much more!)

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Jim Langford at an archaeology site near the Etowah Mounds in Cartersville

The DeKalb History Center‘s March Lunch and Learn will feature Jim Langford as he reviews the history and culture of the Southeastern Indians as expressed through archaeological findings. He will also provide updates on important archaeology sites in Georgia and share his insight on how to interpret artifacts.

Free!  Bring your lunch.

Tuesday, March 17, Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 101 E. Court Square, Decatur GA 30030, Second Floor, Superior Courtroom

Archaeological evidence supports the presence of Native Americans in Georgia during the Early Paleoindian period more than 13,000 years ago as the last Ice Age was ending. In DeKalb County, Soapstone Ridge was quarried by natives during the Late Archaic period (before 1,000 B.C.). The Woodland period (1,000 B.C. – 900 A.D.) in Georgia saw extensive mound-building, agriculture and an increase in warfare among native people, with these trends continued into the Mississippian period (900 – 1,600 A.D.). The presence of European explorers in the 16th century led to the eventual collapse of Mississippian culture from disease, displacement, enslavement and trade imbalances while the arrival of European colonists in the 18th century began the process of permanent displacement of Georgia’s Indians from their native lands with their eventual removal from Georgia in the early 19th century.

Jim Langford serves as President of the Coosawattee Foundation, a non-profit organization he founded in 1987 to promote the conservation of American Indian occupation sites and related native lands. In that role and as president of the Society for Georgia Archaeology, he co-authored two landmark pieces of legislation that protect human remains and archaeological sites. Mr. Langford is a frequent lecturer about the early inhabitants of Georgia. He is the author and co-author of academic research articles related to the Mississippian period in Georgia.

Mr. Langford has a long career in non-profit, public service projects that assist local communities.  From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Langford served as Georgia State Director of the Trust for Public Land, a national non-profit organization that creates parks and preserves open space.  He is a former member of the Georgia Board of Natural Resources (DNR), the Governor’s Environmental Advisory Council and the Georgia Humanities Council.

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Each year, the Publix Georgia Marathon runs right through downtown Decatur-and they will do it again on Sunday, March 22nd. This event brings thousands of runners ( and probably new visitors) though our great City. We do our best to welcome them with cheering crowds, upbeat music, and fun noisemakers and signs. We want everyone who runs through Decatur to come back and visit us,so we need to make a lasting impression.

So what can you do to help?  Call some friends and neighbors and plan to join us along the race route. The runners enter our city limits around 8:30am so come on out and make some noise! We will be there with plenty of noisemakers, pom-poms, and doughnuts to share. Join a group in front of Felini’s , the Old Courthouse, or near the Eastlake Marta Station.

We also need help at our hydration station. These people are crucial to the event because they hand out water and oranges and truly help fuel up the runners to keep them going.  

 Instructions for signing up are below. Same as in previous years.

1. Go to http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/join-protected-group.tcl?event_id=174848.
2. On the group page, select City of Decatur from the drop down menu.
3. Password is cd11 (case sensitive; use lower case)
4. Complete the online registration form. You will receive a confirmation email indicating you have signed up.

Want to know more about the race routes and road closures? Click here

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Shake and sip with local spirits experts at hands-on classes and exclusive tastings during the inaugural Decatur Stirs: a showcase of craft spirits and cocktails. Learn the craftsmanship of cocktails – from basic to bespoke. Or dig deeper into your favorite distilled beverages, bitters, syrups, and more.

Learn from the pros then bend an elbow during our kickoff happy hour, workshops, and tasting event Friday, Feb 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28. Make a weekend of it and stay the night with a discounted room rate!   Click here for more information

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