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The Red and Black
Tuesday, March 30, 1932
Office condominium construction to begin
By KEVIN BICKNELL
Krd and KUrli Mall Wnw,
Construction begins today on the first con
dominium office complex to be located in
downtown Athens The $1.7 million project is ex
pected to be completed by fall at the block bound
ed by Jackson Street. College Avenue and
Dougherty Street
The project, called 440 College Street North, is
being developed by J. Mitcheal Rogers and Co.’s
for the use of legal, brokerage and insurance
firms
The initial construction, to be handled by local
firm John W Hooker and Associates, will consist
of clearing and grading the block which is current
ly being used as a parking lot
"For the first two weeks we will be getting the
site ready to start construction,” said Albert
Rivers, business development manager for the
company’s Athens branch
The complex was designed by Atlanta architect
W Lane Greene in the Federal style Each
building will contain a step-down ground floor and
two other floors Each floor will be about 2,800
square feet
The building will open onto a driveway, a court
yard and an adjoining parking lot.
Rogers said the complex's architecture is
similar to Georgia and Carolina coastal restora
tions The firm spent a great deal of time resear
ching Federal style architecture in Charleston,
S.C. and Savannah before planning the complex.
Rogers said a firm had already contracted to oc
cupy 25 percent of the complex, although the con
tract has not been signed ”1 can’t name the firm
strictly for market reasons," he said. "I don’t
want another company to find out and try to take
them away from us.”
Rogers said other firms were interested in leas
ing space, but no agreements have been made
The Athens Downtown Development Authority
approved a loan for the constructionand develop
ment costs The loan was administered by the
First National Bank of Athens
Couples ‘ballooning ’ business going Up'N A way
Model of new office complex
Pro- and anti-Khomeini Iran
students in U.S. clash violently
By CAS SHKARIN
Hfd and Black Staff Writer
It’s 6:15 am, and you roll
over to try to get up, wait a
minute, what’s that big hairy
thing next to you? No pro
blem, you yawn, it’s just a
gorilla Wait a minute a
GORILLA? Suddenly the
gorilla pops out of bed. hands
you a bunch of bananas with
a balloon attached, and
begins singing "Happy Bir-
thdayToYou."
Sound like a typical morn
ing'' Not for most people, but
for Jeff Wilks, the man in the
gorilla suit, and owner of
Up’N Away Balloons, it
comes with the job
The "Gor-real-a-gram” is
only one of the fun packages
Jeff has to offer the people of
Athens, with prices ranging
from $8 50 to $35 00.
Jeff and his wife Jane
began Up'N Away, which is
operated out of their home
on Talmadge Drive, in July
1981 Jeff got the idea in a
magazine article that “listed
about 20 businesses that
could be started for under
$1000 The original concept
of Up’N Away was to make
extra money on the
weekends by going to
festivals and vending
balloons one at a time," Jeff
said. “We expected the
business to be good and to
have a good time doing it,
but we didn’t realize how
good it would be," he said
The Wilks’ will not say ex
actly how much business
they do but Jane said they
receive about 40 to 50 calls a
day. “The week of Valen
tine’s Day was a zoo around
here. I was taking about 70
calls a day. The minute I
hung up, the telephone would
ring again, ’’ Jane said
The business is doing so
well that Jane and Jeff have
quit their jobs to “balloon”
full-time. “I think we are so
popular because we aren’t
the ordinary balloon
delivery business. When I
deliver I ad-lib and clown
around with the people. I
also sing a song appropriate
to the occasion and present
them with a snapshot of me
delivering the surprise to
them," Jeff said.
Up’N Away's popularity
has given other people ideas
for the balloon business; the
newest one in town is Balloon
Bazaar. But competition
doesn’t bother the Wilks’ one
bit. “In fact, we just took out
an ad in the newspapers that
says, ‘Imitation is the
highest form of flattery,’”
Jane said. “We feel Balloon
Bazaar’s visibility is helping
us because it makes people
think balloons,” Jeff said.
The competition obviously
isn’t giving the Wilks’ any
problems because they just
started two new characters
besides the original “Mr.
Clown.” Up’N Away now has
a belly-dancer who delivers
a message with an authentic
middle- Eastern dance, and
“Dr. Doom,” in addition to
the Gor-real-a-gram they
started in November. Dr.
Doom is dressed entirely in
black and delivers a bouquet
of black balloons “We
started him for the birthdays
that people dread; from 30
on up,” said Jeff. “People
really get a kick out of that.”
Jeff and Jane said they
feel very fortunate; business
is booming for them and it’s
getting better every day
“We are so lucky. We have
jobs we both love and sup
port not only from our
families and friends, but
from Athens,” said Jane.
(CPS) — The Iranian civil
war between pro- and anti-
Khomeini students is heating
up again on American
campuses
Most recently, Iranian
students at the universities
of Kansas and Missouri-
Columbia were stabbed by
Iranians who support the
regime of the Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini.
But the incidents are just
the most dramatic examples
of a bitter struggle among
the various factions con
tending for power in Iran, all
represented by Iranians
studying here. Most came to
the U.S. during the rule of
Shah Reza Pahlavi, who
financed their American
educations as a means of
advancing Iran’s fledgling
industrialization.
Since the shah’s over
throw, Iranian students here
have drifted in various
political directions. While
some fervently support the
Khomeini regime, others
have lost faith in it, and
confrontations between the
groups have become more
and more common.
Just as Iranian students
used to fear SAVAK, the
shah’s secret police, anti-
Khomeini students now say
they fear Khomeini agents
working in the U.S. Many
claim they’ll be executed on
their return home.
Last fall a series of violent
clashes broke out on cam
puses across the country,
including Denver’s
Metropolitan State College,
the University of Oregon,
Central State College of
Oklahoma and the
University of Iowa. Officials
warned then that the
Iranians should stop their in
fighting or risk possible
deportation.
But despite continued
warnings, the confrontations
have heated up since
January.
At the University of Idaho,
a pair of pro- and anti-
Khomeini students came to
blows following an argument
in the university snack bar.
After campus police broke
up the altercation, “we had a
bomb threat in the univer
sity center,” said Dean
Vettrus, student union
director, although he added,
“there is no proof the two
incidents are related.”
Metropolitan State
College, where pro-
Khomeini students stormed
a meeting of anti-Khomeini
students last fall, injuring
about a half-dozen people,
has now banned the display
of “inciteful” material by
the two groups in an effort to
control ongoing arguments
and confrontations
About 10 university police
officers supervised a recent
gathering of pro-Khomeini
students at the University of
Washington to ensure that no
fights broke out during the
event. Although nearly 40
anti-Khomeini students
turned up to protest the
event, campus police con
tained the situation by
escorting the protestors
from the area. But if
security hadn’t been there,
said Police Chief Michael
Shanahan, "you would have
had property destruction
and you would have had
injuries.”
Often the opposing fac
tions do come to blows
During a meeting of anti-
Khomeini students at the
University of Kansas, pro-
Khomeini students burst into
the room swinging clubs and
knives and protesting the
unpatriotic behavior of their
comrades.
“After that they started to
beat people up," said
Mansour Majadad,
president of the anti-
Khomeini Iranian Student
Association “One of our
members was stabbed. ”
At the University of
Missouri, an Iranian student
was beaten and cut by two
Khomeini supporters who
jumped him while he was
studying in the student
union.
"We’re continuing to see
some demonstrations and
incidents of violence bet
ween Iranian students,” said
Pat Biddinger, director of
Iranian affairs for the
National Association of
Foreign Student Affairs.
Biddinger says there is
mounting evidence that pro-
Khomeini students are
compiling lists of fellow
students who oppose the
current regime. An August
letter from Iran's secretary
of cultural affairs sup
posedly called on supporters
of the Iranian government to
compile names of sub
versives and certain
religious sects in the U.S.
"We have no way of
knowing if such lists are
being kept, or what will
happen to the people on them
when they return home,"
Biddinger said. "I suspect it
is true that lists are being
compiled and those on the
list will face problems when
they return. I’ve heard
rumors for some weeks
about three Iranians who
returned home and had been
blacklisted as
revolutionaries. Upon
return, they were sup
posedly arrested and
executed.”
In addition, Biddinger
said, the Iranian govern
ment is refusing to renew
passports for students who
are suspected opponents of
Khomeini. "We re advising
all Iranian students to make
photocopies and send their
passports by registered mail
when they send them to Iran
for renewal,” she said, “just
in case they’re lost or con
fiscated.”
The Iranian government
may also cut off funding for
students here, Biddinger
points out, if it suspects they
are causing embarrassment
or negative publicity for the
Khomeini regime.
As a result, many students
are applying for political
asylum in the United States,
although State Department
officials would not comment
on the number of asylum
requests or Iranians who are
being deported.
Of particular concern to
both Biddinger and the State
Department is the treatment
of members of the Bahai
faith who must return to
Iran "Practically everyone
agrees, including our own
State Department and
Amnesty International, that
the Bahais are being per
secuted in Iran," Biddinger
said.
"You betcha,” said the
president of a group of
Bahais at Iowa State.
“People are having trouble
getting money and visas,
and many are afraid to
return home. Once your
name is on the execution list,
you're gone.”
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