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THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:
NEWS & FEATURES
PADDLING AND DANCING
A River Runs Through Him
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Tht An* thing Ben CmanuiH wrote for fhxjpot* was a long
account erf trip* he and fen friends had taken. canoeing most of
the nwn erf Georg** They weren't just toflygagfmg. though:
they were checking the river* ter pollution and sedimeota
t»©n and recording tlKw fending* Of count, they enjoyed
ttewuhnv too though it’* not my idea o# ten to deep with
motgtotoe* on a %andfe#r surrounded fey dittos in the Georgia
teswidily
Ben came to work at ftogpow Nrip*ng with the musk cat'
endar and running a deiriery route ucNepping paper* at night
to the rain, and pretty won fee we* City tdMar. to charge of
our new* coverage. That meant fee gut to attend ati tfee county
ccmwtewfem meetings. staying as Ute as they did. Me didn’t
jmt cover tfet meetings, fee got to know tfee mayor and tfee
comneHiionen, became friend* w*th some of them, teamed
how they thought afeowt thing*.
Ben h that way Me H gowt and unassuming, but fee H
watefetei and alert Me M to laid back that you don’t rvaiij*
how tec used he H. Me know* how to network, with the empha
sis on work. When ten John a group tike. My, the Athens*
Clarke County Gmenway Commission, he show* up ready to
do what B take* to move the agenda forward Me know* the
other member*, and they tome to understand that Ben can fee
counted on to do what need* doing
At %gp*e fee was editor and writer, but he was also cm-
taker making w* that we alt recycled our paper plate* and
drink can*; he checked to see that the thermostat was turned
down at the end of tfee day and that everybody understood just
how to jiggle the bathroom faucet so that *t wouldn't drip ad
night, it r*<*w4 fee tot the pl>ot* outside on toe side
walk to tel them pick op- some negative tow*.
Meanwhile.. Ben we* out on tfee Ocompl uBpweve# pot”
*»feie. taking toe mayor and anybody et«e he could ******* to
e»perse«c *ng nfwwawo. nno any nwt no couw orr re#
tJuAjM* i~ft mu a .a. .,-Yw — ua .aaa rMgM w—. a a.^a totfey.
drren'rrPIg 'fWr- Me* PwW*Pj|^f fv^ ® '* *
could Mame him; toe river brought him together w*tfe Jm
who know* even worn about water than fee doe*; they met at a
tofver tofwdecvouk. «rf course
I got tfee benefit of working d*% wtofe Ben (ptytaf on kn
w*t, fern good judgement and fen friendship t hoped fee would
stay m indefinitely at fftfepefr but fee atomy* said toat if
fee could fust feguig nut feme to do It fee wanted te teBBte
together a feB teoktog after toe Oconee tno# f matte thank*
to to» Georgia B»w* Betw«*t v fee wo* alto to make a tour#
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toPtekl tew QPJP toffeip Md» wawwy Pv’Sl*
gtfepn toe < feemwat company fern toslwyM had (reek and
impinged cm tfee- Qranee. suddenly everybody understood whet
4 riwnketper n and that we feed one and tout tow#mu cum
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VRH ■ 1 '^wr▼t^Pyws^ey #vWr vi w
to wfeen kwai govern
went psd state government veto net torng that, and fee knew
everybody «n too pNM» and feeo to get fete meiAagff out tfetougfe
IMPk
Bp tote «me«d teeogntee* Ben tmammf a* bp te feM* setting
md on *m mtepwn - tedaering fe«* dmam totougfr towfew*
and tenmr Ben m * free frtewd of nature- naNre fe ktefey to
neve a frtend too Bps,
Don't Miss
feanrteg teto toe Offeww Hart (see My tegec'f tome* money
V tetotet We wfrwfe mades * ««d worth too gtet* of adem-
Mem. te ig alto junf * ted of a tot of wattfr 4 ^ frtefe *ow
*?Mfjw pe m»s dmr'Pfe Aeive- seme «*iy **&. tome
tod to mdt. lot to itoteWHfe* to watch Ife eorh «tl- yfeu ; te :; I
9$to««»*i**d to*' geed tomcmg to good Bgfe^toNMWtoy
temo am toway* itofritete, frkp «■, #o gold *pp4R|
eto them anto*;-wirii tote# aorimps ate tomt Wterimg. g
deny* to teOtomg to gwNd ten.. ***** peo *a» tot|ay yoortodf
few » gawd taeto. ietot frwgpi; ? pm, 'tomtop Me- $ m toe
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City Dope
Atfrem News and Views
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Comment
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ARTS & EVENTS
Art Notes
In the Stocks and Stairwells
Dot far beak* sJwwcams n» wok el total
arh*ts tori Owns Rachel Caban** ate Rawg Afwar
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Miscellany
Mush the Growler
COVER DESIGN by Mtly Rutmrtn
teaturmg artwork by ieff Owem
(www tof^riwens com) whoso older
work t$ on display at Dog tm Books
MU3IC
Josh Ritter
“Rims the dterkl Away* to Athens
Sitedte o dagteMte to imfwrew tewr* kdvte a mw dboi d to#d pm*
face/on Returns
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