The community is invited to join the Decatur City Commission for the annual State of the City Address delivered by Mayor Floyd and the State of the Schools Address delivered by Decatur Board of Education chair Valarie Wilson on Tuesday, January 26th at the monthly meeting of the Decatur Business Association. The reception begins at 5:15 pm and the program begins at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at the new Decatur High School Auditorium in downtown Decatur.
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Mark your calendars for Monday, Feb. 1. We’re organizing a Decatur Haiti Relief Event with Decatur’s local businesses. Participating shops and restaurants will donate a portion of their Feb. 1 proceeds to the relief fund and the Beer Festival committee has agreed to match the donations using proceeds saved from the 2009 festival. The money raised will be donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. So encourage your friends and family to shop and dine in Decatur on Monday. We’ll publish a finalized list of participating businesses at the end of next week.
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Due to predicted rain on Sunday, the crosswalk construction scheduled to begin this Sunday has been slightly altered. Work scheduled for Sunday on Clairemont and Ponce de Leon Avenue will be done tomorrow. This change allows the finish work to be done early next week as originally planned.
For more information about the stamped crosswalk project click here.
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The Concerts on the Square committee will be selecting bands for the 2010 Concerts on the Square and the Blue Sky Concerts the first week of February. Bands can apply by going to the Decatur Business Association website and filling out the Concert Series Application. A CD or a website where the band’s music can be heard is required. The committee is looking for “fun”, upbeat bands for Saturday night that the crowds will enjoy dancing to. Blue Sky Concerts are a little more laid back, and a great opportunity for smaller bands and singer/song writers to have their music heard. Questions? Call 678-553-6573.
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The DeKalb County Board of Health will be hosting a Novel H1N1 Mass Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, January 30th from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. at the former DeVry University Campus, 250 North Arcadia Avenue. The clinic is free of charge but a small administrative fee may be charged to Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance. Please bring your insurance card with you and your child’s vaccination record at the time of service.
For more information, call 404-294-3700 or visit www.dekalbhealth.net.
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Today at 5:00 P.M. the City will conduct its annual test of the CodeRED notification system. In an effort to kill two birds with one stone, the message will include a brief announcement about the tornado outdoor warning siren installation sounding on Friday, January 22nd. If you do not receive your call, please contact Police Captain Kris Boyett at 404-373-6551 or kris.boyett@decaturga.com.
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According to the website www.seatcheck.org, 7 out of 10 children in child safety seats are not properly buckled in. Luckily, the City of Decatur Fire Department has trained technicians who are available to perform safety checks on your child car seat and booster seats. Stop by Fire Station #1 or #2 between the hours of 1 PM and 6 PM daily for a free safety check. You may want to give them a call to make sure they are not out on a call. The numbers are 404-373-5092 for Station #1 and 404-378-7611 for Station #2.
In addition, the Fire Department will be holding three Car Seat Events during the upcoming year: Saturday, March 27th at the Callaway Parking lot, Saturday, May 22 at the Callaway Parking lot and Saturday October 8th at McKoy Park. Watch this blog or check the upcoming editions of the Decatur FOCUS for more details.
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The City’s new Tornado Outdoor Warning Siren system will be tested for installation purposes this Friday (January 22, 2010) at 12:00 PM. The test will last for approximately two minutes.
The first official monthly testing of the system will be Wednesday, February 3rd at 5:00 p.m. If the weather is inclement on that day, the test will be postponed until the following Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Each month, the sirens will sound for approximately one minute.
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Community Volunteer Becky Smith Cheers on the Runners
The ING Georgia Marathon will be coming through Decatur again this year on Sunday, March 21st. We will hold a Community Information Meeting on Monday, February 8 at 6 pm in the City Commission Meeting Room in City Hall.
All members of the community are invited to attend the meeting. This is a great time to sign up to volunteer, get information about the cheering section and water stations, and have your questions answered by the Marathon staff.
The City of Decatur will compete for the best cheering section once again, but this year we have a new location. We will cheer the runners on from the sidewalks along Ponce de Leon in front of the Old Courthouse. The City will also have three water stations as in 2009 and would love to have as many volunteers as possible.
If you would like to participate and cannot attend the meeting, please contact Cheryl Burnette at 678-553-6573 or email cheryl.burnette at decaturga.com.
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The Decatur Branch of the DeKalb Library will hold a Morning Musicale on Friday, January 22 at 10:00 a.m. The Musicale features Chester Griffin, Principal Double-Bass and other members of the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra. The event is free and open to the public.
Our Decatur Library has a plethora of activities and events, including films, authors, art activities, children’s story times and musical events. For more information about events held at the Decatur Branch, click here.
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