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In today's newsletter:

• Could new crypto and private-credit rules shake up your Decatur 401(k)?
• Which lives with Georgia ties were honored in this 2025 remembrance?
• How did Decatur’s Columbia Eagles handle a 16-three-pointer onslaught?

Also on today's calendar: Kate Dramis & Julian Barnes - The Odds of You and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Cloudy and warm, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.
• Monday: Windy; a few morning showers, temps: high: 53, low: 25.
• Tuesday: Turning sunny and colder, with a high of 40 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Advisers caution investors about risks of crypto, private credit (finance-commerce.com) — A Decatur-based financial adviser is warning local investors to be cautious as new federal moves could soon open 401(k)s and retirement plans to private credit, private equity, and more crypto products. While Washington regulators tout expanded choice, advisers fear everyday savers may not fully grasp the added risks, especially when managing long-term retirement money.
   

2. The OBSERVER's 2025 ‘Gone But Not Forgotten' (sacobserver.com) — A wide-ranging year-end remembrance highlights notable figures and everyday people lost in 2025, including a Georgia connection: rapper Lotto Savage, who was shot and killed in Decatur in March. The piece spans artists, activists, athletes, community leaders, and tragic youth deaths, underscoring how violence, illness, and accidents shaped a difficult year.
   

3. THE CLASSIC: Webb School Spartans of Knoxville knock down 16 3s in first-round win over Columbia Eagles (heraldcourier.com) — A boys’ basketball team from Decatur’s Columbia High hit a rough patch Friday, falling in the first round of The Classic tournament at Tennessee High School. Coach Miguel Johnson sensed trouble early as Knoxville’s Webb School rained in 16 three-pointers, overwhelming the Eagles despite their efforts to adjust defensively and stay competitive.
   

4. Atlanta mother loses two kids to gun violence, police searching for latest son's killer (kens5.com) — A mother who once lost a son in a 2020 Decatur robbery is now grieving her eldest, 30-year-old Darryl Long, fatally shot in southwest Atlanta on December 8. Atlanta police and Crime Stoppers are asking anyone with information about Long’s killing to come forward, with a reward of up to $5,000 available.
   

📸 Around Decatur

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Decatur

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Monday December 29

• Take & Make: Paper Plate Winter Wonderland
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Community Color-In: Winter Edition
  Redan-Trotti Library -

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Decatur Library -
  11:15 am

Friday January 2

• Take & Make: Polar Plate String Art
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Game Center Open
  Oakhurst Elementary Decatur, GA 30030
  8:00 am
• Building Blocks
  Redan-Trotti Library Meeting Room Redan-Trotti Library -
  11:00 am
• The [censored] Memorial Quilt: Honoring Lives, Inspiring Change
  Decatur Library -
  1:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Take & Make Saturdays
  Decatur Library -

Tuesday January 6

• Kate Dramis & Julian Barnes - The Odds of You
  Eagle Eye Book Shop , 2076 N Decatur Rd , Decatur
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Avondale Estates Farmers Market
  Avondale Estates, GA Calendar , 64 N. Avondale Rd. Town Green , Avondale Estates
  11:00 am

Monday December 29

• StoryWalk® at Mason Mill Park
  Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library -
• Cozy Critter Scavenger Hunt
  Brookhaven Library -
• Passive Puzzling at Stone Mountain
  Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library -

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I would like to thank everyone who reached out and gifted my daughter with baby items.
  She had a beautiful baby girl on 12/20. We wasn’t able to have a baby shower unfortunately but because of people on this app in a group on Facebook,… (Nextdoor McAfee)
• Great news: Park at 500 in DeKalb opens - transitional housing!
  * source: Madam CEOs weekly newsletter. This Christmas season, nearly 60 DeKalb County families are celebrating something many have not had in a… (Nextdoor Hartwood Estates)

• City of Decatur Georgia posted a job opening for Full-time Certified Firefighters EMT I or above only in Decatur. Apply here.
• AutoZone, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor (Part Time) in Decatur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Decatur here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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