Tammy sends in this photo of a tree down across Ponce de Leon Avenue near the Clifton Road intersection.  She reports that its “blocking all lanes”.

Plan accordingly!

Many of you have expressed grief and are looking for more information regarding to recent death of 22-year veteran Decatur High teacher Jim Streeter.  Lauri McKain was good enough to pass along the note she sent out to staff…

Jim Streeter, a 22-year veteran teacher at Decatur High School, passed away yesterday afternoon. He had been under treatment for a brain mass and died from related complications. Jim’s son, Mark, graduated from Decatur High School in 2000. His wife, Linda, actively helped with the Decatur High School band and would be seen at various other events with Jim. Please keep Linda and Mark in your thoughts and prayers as they deal with this incredible loss.

The family is currently making decisions about arrangements. As soon as I receive more information, I will pass it along to you.

Looks like the Kimball House website is up and running.

No menu yet, but you can view progress on their interior renovation HERE and also apply for a front or back of the house job!

Photo courtesy of Kimball House website

 

Michael sent in this photo of a new “ghost chair” for Jianchang Wu, who was killed at the intersection of North Decatur Road and Superior Avenue a few weeks ago. The chair sits across from the ghost bike of Paul Taylor, who was killed near the same intersection last year.

Michael adds…

I have seen workers from the county taking photos of the traffic on North Decatur from the vantage point of Landover Drive and a crew came out from the county “because of the traffic fatality” and cleared all the kudzu and brush that grows out of the creek into the street.

However, this doesn’t address the fact that there is no where to walk except the street anyway on that side of North Decatur.

These small changes have been documented by another nearby resident, Joe, who took the following photo of the cutback shrubbery and adds that the clearing of the sidewalk…

…helps some, but as you can see from the attached photos, this remains an extremely dangerous place for pedestrians. The sidewalk narrows and loses the grass strip at the creek, making the pedestrian walk within inches of fast moving traffic. On top of that, the sidewalk is crumbling, broken and uneven. If a person were to trip on the manhole, they would surely be hit by oncoming cars. This section of road is right across from Landover and adjacent to the scene of the terrible tragedy that happened to the Wu family. It is my personal hope that the County can replace this culvert or at least the sidewalk with something that removes the pedestrian from the flow of traffic.