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VALE ATQUE AVE HAPPY TRAILS, RICK: Superstardom is not confined to the music world. Rick LaFleur wrote "finis" to 39 years of teaching Latin at the University of Georgia Sunday, amid the accolades of friends and colleagues. Rick is also an avid, lifelong music fan and is almost as familiar a sight in Athens clubs as he is in the classroom. His everyday speech references The Beatles even more than Cicero, and the lines "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" were running through his head Sunday as he contemplated "retirement" (he's actually 65—he has always been vain). Chances are he's not retiring fiom the Latin empire he has erected through his nine books, countless "articles and corner ing the market on self-teaching through online applications. One of Rick's former students, Patrick Yaggy, who now teaches Latin at North Gwinnett High School in Suwannee, in his tribute Sunday told Rick, "I channel you every day." Afterward, he explained why Rick LaFleur LaFleur is such a colossus in his field. Yaggy said his students study from textbooks written by Rick, they attend colloquia headed by Rick; they study his materi als online, and they can (until now) attend the university and study in a department headed (for a long time) by Rick. "He has vastly changed the teaching of Latin in Georgia, in the United States and in the world," Yaggy declared. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB: Two Bob Dylan aficionados, Jeff Fallis and Todd Kelly, have put together back-to-back shows honoring Bob Dylan on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Their great idea is to invite some of Athens' best musicians to play some of their favorite Dylan songs, and they've divided them up just like Dylan's playing career is split: acoustic on Tuesday, May 24 (actual birthday) at The Manhattan and electric on Wednesday, May 25, at Little Kings. Both nights the music starts at 8 p.m., and they hope it'll be over by midnight. Since you're reading this column, you may not recognize all these names, but maybe enough will register with you to convince you this is a party you want to attend. Tuesday night playing acoustic at The Manhattan we've got Justin Evans, Daniel Aaron, The Campbell Sisters, Kaitlin Jones, Clay Leverett, The Corduroy Road, Andy Dixon, Dave Marr, Don Chambers, Half Dozen Brass Band and Klezmer Local 42 (formerly The Lokshen Klugel Klezmer Band) w/ Dave Dowless 8. Santa Claus. Good Lord! All this talent under one roof! And birthday cake, too. Wednesday night, plugged in down the street at Little Kings, you get Dana Downs and Bobby Eberhart, Ruby Kendrick, Jeremy Wheatley (w/ Matt Stoessel, Nate Nelson and Josh McCauley), Daniel Aaron, Jacob Morris, Jim Willingham, Kevin Lane, Jay Gonzalez, The 8-Track Gorilla and Andrew Rieger (w/ John Fernandes & Megan Louise Freeman). Is there any other town without subways that could muster such an array of performers? There will be some readings of Dylan poetry and liner notes, and there is of course still the possibility of some of those special guests we always hear so much about. (Why can't we just come right out and say that Michael Stipe will be tap-dancing on the bar and whistling "Blowin' in the Wind?") And, who knows? Bob his own self may catch wind of all this and beat it on down. Pete McCommons editor@tlagpole.com THIS WEEK’S MEWS 4= FEATURES City Dope Athens News and Views The Commission and legislators meet—unproductively. Kiddie Dope News from the Juice Box Set What’s the best approach to scheduling your kids’ summer down-time? & evu s The Reader Seduced by the Bogeyman Madison Smartt Bell’s new novel combines 9/11 with the Manson Family. Grub Notes This Ain't Europe Dominick’s Italian Cuisine strives for authenticity, but it’s not quite there. COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto featuring artwork by Tatiana Veneruso on display at the Grit Musse Crash Test Dummies 12 Back in the Driver’s Seat Once there was this band who... had a hit single, then took a six-year hiatus. Welfare Liners 14 Bluegrass Purists On its self-titled EP, local band Welfare Liners honors its roots. CITY DOPE 4 CRASH TEST DUMMIES 12 CITY PAGES 5 WELFARE LINERS 14 CAPITOL IMPACT 6 THE CALENDAR! 15 KIDDIE DOPE 7 BULLETIN BOARD 20 THE READER 8 ART AROUND TOWN 21 GRUB NOTES 9 COMICS 22 MOVIE DOPE 10 REALITY CHECK 23 FILM NOTEBOOK 11 CLASSIFIEDS 24 THREATS & PROMISES 12 EVERYDAY PEOPLE 27 ►► Now's your chance to vote in the Flagpole Athens Music Awards contest. See our ballot online and choose your favorite local bands! ►► Send your questions to Reality Check. Jyl is never shocked ►► Couldn’t go to Cannes? Don’t worry; Sophie Kohn blogs it as it happens ►► World View says now’s the time to get out of Afghanistan ►► Friend us on Facebook! ►► Contact Us! 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