Photo Courtesy of AJC

As a huge fan of Decatur history (more on that as this blog develops), my hat is off to Jack Krost and Charles Cope, who will host the 5th annual Oakhurst Walking Tour this coming Sunday, Oct 7th and Oct 14th at 3pm. The tour begins at One Step at a Time shoe store (650 East Lake Drive) in downtown Oakhurst. Check out the great write up in the AJC today.

Speaking of walking tours, did you know that the city has a six walking tours on its website? In my opinion they could provide a bit more context and history for walkers, but they’re a great first step (sorry).

One of the proposed Bandaids tossed around at Tuesday’s drought summit in Atlanta (there’s a drought summit?) was to extend the outdoor water ban through the summer 2008. The AJC leads with that headline. Other possible safeguards include reducing water from lakes Lanier and Allatoona, extending restrictions to some commercial businesses, and creating a network of connected water systems throughout different neighborhoods for “backup”.

Maybe the state should start with nixing Stone Mountain’s plan to make snow in the 80 degree heat for their new Coca-Cola Snow Park. It’s nearly as ridiculous as their $8 parking fee.

UPDATE:  Stone Mountain has bent to public pressure and turned off its snow machine.  Hat’s off to Decatur-DeKalb for predicting the shut off earlier this morning.