Good morning, Decatur.

Decatur artist Jennifer Mack-Watkins, a Georgia State University instructor honored as a New Futures recipient, will demonstrate her Mokuhanga printmaking method at The Other Art Fair in Atlanta from Oct.

1 to Oct. 4 at Grant Park’s Enspire Mercantile (Booth 79).

Zoo Atlanta welcomed giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, who began a month-long quarantine period after arriving Sunday from China.

Zoo officials will announce a public debut date soon (visitors must wait to see the pandas).

City Schools of Decatur is hosting CSD Reads & Dyslexia Awareness Week from Sept.

28 through Oct. 8 with guest readers, an art competition, and book festival events including Brian Goldstone’s keynote at the public library. The community may also wear red on Oct. 8 to honor World Dyslexia Day.

High school graduation rates in Georgia reached record highs last school year—DeKalb County Schools hit 83.3 percent and Atlanta Public Schools reached 91.2 percent, marking a significant improvement in local education.

Gov. Kemp suspended the state gas tax yesterday as fuel prices surged, with AAA noting regular gas at $4.19 and diesel at $6.24 (details that affect drivers across Decatur).

DeKalb County issued a permit for Aramar Investments to start a $53.3 million project turning the vacant 14-story Presidential Hotel near Spaghetti Junction into 282 market-rate apartments - the renovation covers 150,000 sqft and will replace a long-unoccupied landmark.

Construction dates are pending.