Deanne, who’s helping to organize next Sunday afternoon’s School Board candidates forum at the Church of Decatur Heights, is looking for community input.  She’d like to know what questions y’all might have for the two candidates – Garrett Goebel and Peg Bumgardner – vying for John Ahmann’s vacated District 1 seat.

Write your questions in the comments section below and you’re question might just get asked by moderator Geoff Koski!

Additionally Deanne notes that Julie Rhame, Board member and unopposed District 2 candidate, is looking foward to mingling with folks and answering questions during the Meet & Greet afterwards.

Decatur District 1 voters interested in school-related issues, you’ll want to block off time on Sunday, October 9th to attend this event!  Deanne sends in all the pertinent info…

• When: Sunday, October 9^th, 1:30-3:30 (Doors open at 1:15pm)
• Where: The Church at Decatur Heights, 735 Sycamore Drive

Featuring:

• Candidate Peg Bumgardner http://electpegbumgardner.blogspot.com/
• Candidate Garrett Goebel http://garrettgoebel.org/index.html
• Moderator Geoff Koski, community voice and United States Government and Politics teacher

The Church at Decatur Heights and The Decatur Heights Neighborhood Association are pleased to host this exciting opportunity to hear from Peg Bumgardner and Garrett Goebel, candidates for the District 1 School Board seat on the November 8, 2011 ballot. Geoff Koski, highly regarded community voice and teacher of United States Government and Politics at Decatur High School, will lead what is sure to be an informative discussion on the future of our City of Decatur Schools. A Meet & Greet with light refreshments will follow. All interested citizens are invited to attend!

From The Decatur Minute blog…

We are proud to announce that the Decatur Heights neighborhood has won the Kilowatt Crackdown. With 13 participants, and 3,500 kilowatt hours saved, this group was able to reduce their usage by 20%! This is certainly an amazing accomplishment, and one worth celebrating.

Of the users that signed up for the challenge and successfully linked their Georgia Power accounts to Earth Aid, Decatur saw a 1.46% reduction in electricity usage, representing an overall decrease of 1,800 kilowatt hours. That is enough energy to run your air conditioner 24 hours a day for over 2 months. During the competition, some users saved more than others. Among users that decreased their usage, the reduction was almost 12,000 kilowatt hours, resulting in a $15 savings per month on each household’s bill.

For their efforts, the Decatur Heights has won a neighborhood block party, which will be held in the coming months.

From a recent Decatur Heights Neighborhood Association newsletter…

According to Peggy Merriss, Decatur’s City Manager, Sycamore Drive served as a runway for small planes before it was developed with homes.

Whaaaa?

Oh man, if only I was good with Photoshop.

Over at InDecatur, Dave announces a meeting this evening at The Church of Decatur Heights at 7pm for residents to discuss potential traffic calming measures along Sycamore Drive between “Hilcrest and the south entrance to the parking deck at DeKalb Medical.”

Dave states that “the objective is to discourage through traffic (which can take Arcadia and Winn Way) and slow traffic to improve the safety of residents.”

And over on the Decatur Heights blog, he has posted all the different road-widths along that stretch of Sycamore and gives a specific example of what could potentially be done to slow cars down.

According to Dave, both City Manager Peggy Merriss and Asst. City Manager David Junger will be in attendance at the meeting.