MANA Watch Meeting [Sept. 19]

Monday Sept 19th
7:00 pm
MANA Watch meeting at North Decatur Presbyterian Church - 611 Medlock Road

Please take this opportunity to get together with your neighbors and work together to prevent crime in our wonderful community.

We will be discussing recent crime in the neighborhood and what we can do as a community to prevent crime. In addition, we will be discussing Voluntary Patrolling of the neighborhood. If you have any thoughts or ideas, please join us.

To join the Neighborhood Watch, email manawatch@gmail.com

Crimemapping.com can notify you of activity in your area.

PATH update

Work continues!

Some more rails will be added to the Medlock side of the bridge...

...and the same is in store for the Mason Mill side.

Near the retention pond, it really looks a bit like an archeological dig.

Quasi-panoramic view--retention pond side

Rainwater flows under the boardwalk then tumbles to the retention pond.

It's fun to see more structures appear as the underbrush is cleared.

Old stairs lead to an even older chimney.

Old Decatur Waterworks fountain... will it splash again?

We can't know what the Decatur Waterworks looked like in its full glory, but it's exciting to see the area cleared and improved for everyone's enjoyment.

(Still) Lost Senior Cat on Harrington

Originally posted on 9/2/2011

Lost Black and White Cat

We are missing our loved geriatric cat, Fletcher. He is 19 years old. He usually does not wander far and has been in the neighborhood for 16 years - so hopefully he would know his way home. Fletcher is black and white with a black mark under his nose. He is not very shy and is usually very good at calling for attention. We live on Harrington Dr. If you have seen Fletch in the past day or see him, you can reach us at 678-592-6567. Thanks so much!!

November 8 Election: has your polling place changed?

From Sharon...

Just a reminder that there will be an election on November 8, 2011.

Some of the issues we will vote on are:

• the Education SPLOST only (since we are in unincorporated Dekalb)
• DeKalb County School Board members
• a transportation SPLOST
• we will vote on whatever representative elections are needed in 2012.
• they are still discussing the Sunday sale of alcohol so that may be added to the ballot at some point.

The voter registration deadline is October 11, 2011

The folks at Dekalb Voter Registration and Election offices are very helpful. Their website at http://web.co.dekalb.ga.us/voter/default.html has not been updated as far as ballot content but it has links to other information such as voter registration.

New precinct cards have been mailed (some neighbors received theirs today, marked "NOTE: PRECINCT CHANGE"). If voted at Medlock Elementary you will more than likely now vote at North Decatur Presbyterian Church (611 Medlock Road), for the year 2011. A new polling place will be permanently assigned and announced after the redistricting decisions are made, in time for the 2012 elections.

MANA: neighborhood watch meeting [Sept. 19]

There will be a MANA Watch meeting on September 19 to discuss the options for and logistics of patrolling the neighborhood.

If you are interested in attending, please email manawatch@gmail.com

GA Natural Gas fundraising program benefits our elementary school (Laurel Ridge)

The closing of Medlock Elementary directed students in our neighborhood to attend Laurel Ridge Elementary. Here is a chance to help Laurel Ridge serve our students, via GA Natural Gas (GNG).

By joining the True Blue Schools Program, GNG customers can direct a $5/month donation to a school of their choice. This $5/month comes from Georgia Natural Gas, not the customer. Additionally, TrueBlue Schools' participants are eligible to receive an up to $0.15 per therm discount off their monthly gas bill.
GNG makes an additional $40 donation to the school for new GNG customers.

If you are a GA Natural Gas customer, go to http://www.trueblueschools.com. Select the "I'm already a customer" option and type in Laurel Ridge (the system will fill in the rest of the school information once you provide a few characters) and continue with the sign-up process. There's an option to look up your account number as well, if you don't have it handy.

Questions? Contact the Laurel Ridge GNG coordinator, Karen O'Leary, at yourpalkaren@hotmail.com

Volunteer and Tool Donation Day, Saturday [Sept 10]

from Chris Beck, President, Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve

Join us this Saturday for our regular volunteer day from 9am to noon. We will also be accepting donations of new and used tools to replace those lost in the shed fire. Here is a list of tools and other equipment lost in the fire that we still need (although we welcome all tool donations).

• wheelbarrows
• 8 ft step ladder
• pole saw
• pruning saw
• mulch scoop shovel
• loppers
• hand pruners
• swing blades (the tools with long wooden handles and a metal blade at the end)
• trash tongs
• 10lb sledge hammer
• 2lb hammers
• first aid kit

Also we lost supplies that we use for the annual Harvest Festival.

• large cooler
• metal tub
• strands of outdoor lights
• spot lights
• 50ft extension cords
• extension cord splitters
• tiki torches
• small collapsible tailgate canopy
• long plastic folding table

All donations are tax-deductible. If you have tools that you would like to donate, but can't make it on September 10th, please contact us. You can make your tax-deductible donation to the Preserve online.