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DONAL JONES Decatur...
...Dunster House resident has been instrumental to the show at every point in its production, from being one of the people who chose “Yeomen” as this season’s Gilbert and Sullivan operetta right down to designing its publicity posters. Maloney left Decatur, AL for the bright lights and big city of Cambridge, MA with little more than unsatisfied curiosity about the ways of the theater and a vague desire to learn more. She didn’t have to wait long before the world of Harvard drama came knocking on her door...
DIED. EDNA LEWIS, 89, author and chef who was one of the first African-American women to reach the pinnacle of the cooking world; in Decatur, Ga. Lewis, who grew up on a farm and influenced chefs across the country with her insistence on simple recipes with pure ingredients, held chef positions at such high-profile eateries as Cafe Nicholson, New York City's 1950s celebrity haunt, and the Brooklyn chophouse Gage & Tollner. Her now classic 1976 cookbook, The Taste of Country Cooking, helped revive Southern cuisine...
...musicians oppose her appointment," the board member wrote. "They say that she either does not hear problems or--because her technical limitations prevent her from fixing them--that she ignores them." The board became deadlocked, musicians vs. management. "The musicians clearly did not have her as a preference," says Decatur H. Miller, a 35-year veteran of the BSO's board. "It was painful." It was no picnic for Alsop either. "It was bizarre," she says, laughing ruefully. "It was like being caught in a black hole. I was like, Wow, what happened...
...past draws the country too. For the Bears are the past. Their lineage goes back to the running boards on the very Hupmobile in that Canton, Ohio, auto showroom where the American Professional Football Association and the Decatur Staleys were concocted in 1920. George Halas did most of the talking. The A.P.F.A. soon became the N.F.L., and the Decatur franchise, originally a sales tool for a starch manufacturer named Staley, shifted to Chicago in the custody of the amazing Halas. It might be an exaggeration to say that the entire fabric of sport was sewn in this singular...