Chris Billingsley informs us that Former Decatur City Commissioner and Mayor Ted O’Callaghan passed away over the weekend.  O’Callaghan’s obituary in the AJC this morning details his very accomplished life of service…

O’CALLAGHAN, Ted TED O’CALLAGHAN Theodore Peter “Ted” O’Callaghan, Sr., 89, embraced life with his warm sense of humor, keen intellect and ability to inspire others to action. His death on October 16, 2010 leaves a legacy of generous and dedicated leadership in the City of Decatur, the state of Georgia and beyond.

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Amber writes in with info for the Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence’s 19th Annual Candlelight Vigil this Thursday, October 21st from 7-8p at the gazebo on Decatur Square.  A bit more info on the event…

The Vigil will confront many widely held beliefs about domestic violence through a program that includes ample audience participation. The program will also include speakers and musical performance and will end with a candlelighting ceremony remembering every Georgian whose life was taken from them by domestic violence in the last twelve months.

You can find out more about Women’s Resource Center and services for survivors of domestic violence at www.wrcdv.org or by calling our 24-hour hotline at 404-688-9436.

WSB is reporting that a Loomis employee, Oklevibus Thornton, has been arrested in connection with the armed truck robbery at DeKalb Medical last week.

One other person suspected of driving a “switch vehicle” has yet to be captured.  According to WSB, Loomis is offering a $50,000 award for info resulting in that person’s capture.

I’m sure many of us have noticed that all of the permanent Wachovia signs around Atlanta in recent months – from stand-alone ATMs to individual branch signage – have been replaced with temporary covers, often with a titillating line of exposed red at the edges hinting at the future.  Rrrrrrr.

Well, apparently some of those signs were just too big to cover over in preparation for the big Wells Fargo reveal later this month.  And while the large sign atop the Wachovia building at Atlantic Station got the AJC treatment for it’s makeover this past weekend, Decatur’s own Wachovia building also got a sign makeover late last week with very little fanfare.

Pic courtesy of my wife

This morning the AJC profiles Decatur’s Sugar Creek Garden in an extensive article about the city’s burgeoning community gardens.

The slender finger of land alongside Sugar Creek, tucked away in Decatur’s southwest corner, is practically invisible from two nearby roads. Sugar Creek itself, with those concrete embankments engineers were so fond of during the 1960s, looks like an open gash.

A leaning, rusted sign post, maybe 30 years old, says “Warning Stay Out” which, to conventional eyes, appears like sound advice. But when Lindsey Mann first scanned this same Sugar Creek vista she saw a virtual Eden.

Nice piece.