Month: August 2013

Three Armed Robberies Of DHS Students After Football Game

Be careful and vigilant out there. From DPD…

On 08/30/13, Decatur police responded to the following three armed robberies calls involving Decatur High School students leaving the football game.

In the first incident, the victim reported he and a friend were leaving the football game at approximately 9:45 pm when they passed the two suspects on the driveway between the lower lot and upper lot of Decatur High School. One suspect asked the victim for the time and the victim removed his cell phone from his pocket and provided the time and then continued on. The victim and his friend were walking past Renfroe Middle School minutes later when the suspects ran up behind the victim, one suspect grabbed the victim by his shoulder while the second suspect pressed a small silver semi-automatic handgun to the victim’s back and demanded his phone. The victim relinquished his phone and the suspects fled south on Adams Street. The victim was not injured. An iPhone 4 was taken. The suspects were described as follows:
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Free-For-All Friday 8/30/13

Feel free to use this post to make comments and ask questions about local issues not yet discussed here over the past week.

Comments close on Monday.

Trinity High School’s 1965 Football State Champions to Receive Rings Tonight

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From the AJC’s High School Sports blog “Prep Zone”…

Trinity High School’s football team of 1965 will receive state championship rings from the Decatur High Booster Club on Thursday night at Decatur High.

Trinity was the Decatur high school for African-Americans during segregation. The team’s football team, which included Clarence Scott (later an All-Pro cornerback with the Cleveland Browns) and Jack Pitts (a quarterback who signed with Michigan State), won the Class A championship in the old Georgia Interscholastic Association.

Photo of Trinity Champions courtesy of Chris

Your Decatur Candidates for the 2013 Election

Qualifying for this November’s local election closed yesterday afternoon.  Only one race – School Board District 1 Post A – has more than one candidate.

Here’s the rundown…

City Commission

Fred C. Boykin Jr. – District 1 Post A

Patricia M. Garrett – District 2 Post A

School Board

Mark Arnold – District 1 Post A

Lewis Jones – District 1 Post A

Bernadette Seals – District 2 Post A

Annie P. Caiola – At-Large

Related: Decaturish has an interesting post on how inexpensive it is to run a campaign in Decatur this fall.

Decatur Police Community Meeting This Thursday in Decatur Heights

Deanne sends along this announcement…

There will be a Decatur Police Community Meeting on Thursday, August 29th from 7-8pm at The Church at Decatur Heights (735 Sycamore Drive).

The Decatur Heights and Sycamore Ridge Neighborhood Watches invite all District 1 residents to come hear the latest update on recent citywide crimes, pick up safety tips, and learn more about Community Policing and Neighborhood Watch programs. The speakers will be Police Chief Mike Booker, Deputy Chief Keith Lee, and Sergeant Jennifer Ross, the Public Information Officer for the Decatur Police.

Also attending will be District 1 Commissioners Fred Boykin and Scott Drake and At-Large Commissioner Mayor Jim Baskett. We hope to see you there!

It’s Literally Wednesday: The AJC Decatur Book Festival Edition

It’s that time of year again!

There is, as always, so much to do. The DBF website is full of information, including schedules for Saturday and Sunday events.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The youngest, and only surviving speaker at that historic event, will be delivering the Keynote Address on Friday. If you were lucky enough to secure tickets to hear Congressman John Lewis, author of March, then you’ll be off to a great start.

Tickets to the Kidnote Address, featuring the great Tomie dePaola, are still available however, but running out fast.

New this year will be art | DBF, the Civil and Human Rights Track (among others), Books as Art, and two stages at the beautifully remodeled Decatur Recreation Center.

The AJC came up with a list of “10 Events Worth Bookmarking.” I do not have a single objection, and am particularly excited about Jason Mott.

I may have a bias, but there is a truly great list of authors and illustrators coming to the Children’s and Teen Stages, as well as some special events elsewhere (including Martin Luther King, III). Fans of kids and YA literature should be thrilled. You can find more information here.

As co-owner of Little Shop of Stories, I’ll be working all weekend (and looking for Waldo). Living the fantasy of a free range book lover, here is a sample schedule of just some of the very many events I’d like to see besides kids and teens and those listed by the AJC:

Saturday

10am: Richard Besser

11:15am: Amanda Ripley and Christine Gross-Loh

1pm: Peter Kaminsky (bacon!)

1:45pm: Chuck Leavell

3pm: Sheri Joseph and Susanna Daniel

4:15pm: Lily Koppel

Sunday

12pm: Theresa Davis, Kodak Harrison, and Collin Kelley

1:15pm: Alysia Abbott

2:30pm: Yangsze Choo and Charlie Lovett

3:45pm: Rob Weintraub (the man is a walking baseball encyclopedia)

5pm: Ward Briggs and Bronwen Dickey