In lieu of the recent debate…

Please inform your wonderful readership and the wider community that:

At 9AM on Saturday, December 12, 2009, there will be a park clean up and wood chip spreading party at the Church and Community Park and Playground located at First Christian Church of Decatur at the intersection of Ponce de Leon Ave and Nelson Ferry Road.

Hundreds of families in Decatur and from across our fair city love to play and meet at the park. Now is a great time to pitch in — literally — by spreading mulch and wood chips to help freshen the grounds and make nicer for all of our children.

Thank you for your support! For more information contact Pastor James Brewer-Calvert.

Brent writes in…

Was out walking this afternoon and ran into several families expressing concern over the missing toys at the most popular toddler park in Atlanta at the corner of Nelson Ferry and Ponce (across from First Christian Church). Children’s cries could be heard all around the neighborhood as they were left to ponder what Grinch was capable of such a horrible act during this Christmas season.

“This can’t happen now, it couldn’t, it wouldn’t, it mustn’t, it shouldn’t; not now, not then; not ever again.”

Occasionally there are clean-up days at the toy park – when old and really broken toys are discarded – but if so many parents are taking note, something may be up.