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around his environment and noticing wherever there's a need.' For example, when he first saw prisoners picking up trash by the side of the road, he became very conscientious about pick ing up trash wherever he saw it, she says. Kelli, a doctoral student in education, says she feels their neighborhood has encouraged Mason's community spirit, along with good teachers at Waseca and at Barrow Elementary. Once Mason and Kelli decided on the idea of collecting donations via the lemonade stand, the first thing they did was make a flyer. Mason distributed it around his Boulevard area neigh borhood, going door to door with his mom and explaining his project. The next step was sending the flyer to the neighborhood listserv, and from there to a listserv at UGA. A few donations ar rived early, much to Mason's delight. With help from a couple of friends of friends who are stationed in Iraq, Mason and his mom have compiled a list of things the soldiers are re questing, including items like snacks, sunglasses, feminine products, reading material, socks, nail clippers, Blistex, and AT&T phone cards. For a complete list and mo'e information, contact kellibivins(2 hotmail.com. Nancy Heiges nheiges®gmail com Long Recovery Update on Injured Cyclist Several weeks after 22-year-old UGA student Sam Lane suffered brain injuries in a bicycle-car accident on Prince Avenue, Flagpole checked in with his family for an update on Lane's condition. Lane was injured on the evening of Friday. Apr. 27, when a westbound car turned in front of him to make a left turn onto Hill Street from Prince Avenue. Lane, traveling east on Prince, was on his way to a Critical Mass group bike ride at the time of the accident, which was witnessed by cyclists on a different group ride, called Courteous Mass (sponsored by local non-profit BikeAthens) and by riders who were in Athens for the Twilight Criterium. Lane was not wearing a helmet. Police charged the driver of the car in the accident, Seybom Gordon, with OUI, failure to yield right-of-way, serious injury by a vehicle, and no proof of insurance. According to Lane's cousin. Lane Douglass of Augusta, Sam Lane was moved in mid-May from Athens Regional Medical Center to a hospital in Jackson, MS, where his immediate family lives. Douglass reports that on May 29, after approxi mately another 10 days in intensive care. Lane made the significant move to a rehabilitation hospital. There, she says, he is conscious and is undergoing daily physical, occupational and speech therapy. The therapy, for now, includes sitting and standing for longer periods of time each day, and Lane is making improvements daily. Douglass reports that Lane has no paraly sis, but that he is limited in physical mobility because of muscle weakness. The right side of his body is weaker than the left side because of the location of one of his brain injuries, she explains. Since regaining consciousness, however. Lane is able to recognize and talk to his family, as well as the nurses and therapists working with him. Douglass says Lane spends most of his time in a wheelchair and is typically tired out by his daily regimen of exercises. He is still unable to sit up or stand completely under his own power, but "he is getting stronger every day,' she says. And his swift recovery of cognitive functions has surprised his doctors. Also on the positive side, she says, he 'has been briefly reunited with his dog, whom he is absolutely ciazy about. 'Despite all of the positive signs we are see ing," Douglass says, 'the doctors have stressed to us that it is going to be a very tong recovery period, so we ask for everyone in Athens to continue thinking about and praying for Sam.' Douglass adds that the family is grateful for the Lane's friends and "amazing support group" in Athens. Cards can be sent to Sam Lane at: 2 Rivers Creek, Jackson, MS 39211. Ben Emanuel ben@tlagpole.com 1.50 Coors Light All Weeknd Tequila Makes Your Clothes Fall Off! 246 E. Clayton www.painandwonder.com (706) 208*9588 2S5 \Y. Washington Street Athens, Georgia $0601 BODY PIERCING IVovkIcJ In Virtue X Vkc Iik ■yitvetis 1 Own K.iruh Simru < >:ora«fe« \>s«0,tn. 1 * ; j• t! 1V > :' 1' ■ .r i Mi ml v! GRILL Stmd Emy (torn 11:30-2:00 f'ltltlig: Funk Ftiiti. Cotviig Stitloi. Oatltttt Statioi. Fmk Bt'odi £ Put»ln. Stuotol Fittm. Uoutaadt P$u$»h Sid Muck Mick Mot'll All You Out Eat m 91 K Looking for a Place to Live? Fall 2007 Can walk to & ,r ^ ess Internet Hordwood Floors ^/2BA • 4BK/4SA • 4BR/& Qfld d wntotyfj/ fa Sun Decks CeWtng Fans Student//?. % Hurry In! | • t. I ■ »fl 1*1. | NEWS & FEATURES I ARTS & EVENTS I MOVIES I MUSIC I COMICS & ADVICE I CLASSIFIEDS JUNE 20, 2007 • FLAGPOLE.COM 7