Moving On
River advocate and former Flagpole City Editor Ben Emanuel
is enlarging the scope of his riparian concerns by taking a new
job with American Rivers in Atlanta. American Rivers is a con
servation organization, based in Washington. DC, that stands
up for healthy rivers. Ben has been directing the Oconee Rivers
Project of the Altamaha Riverkeeper and has also been working
for the Georgia River Network, based in Athens. With American
Rivers, Ben will be associate director for water supply and will
initially be working on a project in the upper Flint River basin
to help utilities become more efficient, thus lessening their
impact on the river. Ben brought added focus to the Oconee
and its tributaries at the time of the Trail Creek spill here last
year. His determination to get into river protection was spurred
by an article he wrote for Flagpole in October, 2007, about the
effects of the drought and Bear Creek Reservoir on the Middle
Oconee River.
Ben and his wife Jessica Sterling have a wide circle of inter
ests and friendships in Athens, and their moving to Atlanta
will leave a void. Fortunately, they'll be nearby with strong ties
here. Ben's job begins Nov. 1, but they won't move to Atlanta
until the first of the year.
Ben stresses that his work on the Oconee has taught him
that it "takes a village" to look after a river, and that whoever
replaces him will need the same kinds of cooperation that have
benefited Ben's work here.
THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:
NEWS & FEATURES
City Dope 4
Athens News and Views
The Occupy Athens protesters are sticking to their post at the Broad Street Arch
Athens Rising 7
What’s Up in New Development
It s ttme tor Athens pro-community'' and pro-business" tactions to come
together and create some solutions
ARTS & EVENTS
Miscellany 9
Get Your Ath Together
Occupy Athens Avid Bookshop s grand opening Halloween tun tor the kids ,.
Movie Pick 11
In the Middle of the Beginning
The Future raises some clear-eyed questions about death and the meaning in lite
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Threats & Promises 13
Music News and Gossip
Preservation Hall Jan Band and Del McCoury together a new release tram The
Startite DeVilles and more ..
Rally Focuses on Jobs
[Journalism prof Leara Rhodes filed this report.] One hun
dred people marched from the Neighborhood Health Center
on College Avenue to the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse
on Saturday, Oct. 8. The Grand Marshal was elder leader Mrs.
Evelyn C. Neely, known in the community as the "Mayor of
East Athens," preceded by two aspiring community leaders,
Clarke Central High School students and sisters, senior Timberly
Rittenberry and freshman Timesha Rittenberry. Marchers
included trailblazers and veterans of the Civil Rights era.
The Commemorative March and Rally was formed by the
Athens Community Agenda and the Metro Athens Growth (MAG)
Federation with the theme, "True to the American Creed...
Work Works!" The rally emphasized forming solidarity on con
cerns affecting the community: jobs, education, living wage,
housing and health. Speakers included State Representative
Keith Heard, who addressed redistricting and the absence of
an economic development plan as a hindrance to job growth;
Janice Mathis, president of Rainbow Push Coalition, One
Athens 6th Co-Convener and Founder of MAG, who encouraged
creating jobs as the focus of MAG; Dr. Diane Dunstan, pediatri
cian, who addressed the community's health issues; Dr. Tawana
Maddox, who explained the Work Ready Certification Program
at Athens Tech; John Clark, attorney and NAACP official from
Elbert County, who addressed issues of voting and voter regis
tration; and the Rev. A.R. Killian of St. Mark AME Church, who
closed the rally with prayer.
The rally also promoted the jobs summit to be held Nov. 18
at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. To register for the summit,
go to www.magfederation.org. [Leara Rhodes]
Poetry Abounds
Seaborn Jones is originally from Macon but has been in San
Francisco a long time. He's won lots of awards, and he reads
his offbeat, frequently humorous poems in a mesmerizingly
pleasing Southern accent that's half the show. "Many people
have poetry confused with somebody just writing things
that are sentimental, when actually poetry is very gutsy,"
he says. One line that I have is, 'my tongue is a switchblade
snake.' That's not sentimental, greeting-card verse." Hear him
Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Healing Arts Centre, 834 Prince Ave.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Also, the UGA Creative Writing Program presents its VOX
Reading Series in a doubleheader—7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24
at Avid Bookshop San Francisco poet D.A. Powell reads. The
next night at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Cine, VOX presents
authors Dorothea Lasky, Travis Nichols and Monica Fambrough,
reading from their work. (Travis, you know, used to write for
Flagpole, BITD.)
Pete McCommons editor^flagpole com
Devilneck Metal Fest 17
Three Days of Heavy-Hitters
With an eye toward local acts Devilneck features 20-plus hard rockers
CITY DOPE 4
CITY PAGES 5
HUMANE SOCIETY 6
CAPITOL IMPACT 6
ATHENS RISING 7
ATHENS GA HALF MARATHON . 8
KIDDIE DOPE 9
MISCELLANY 9
MOVIE DOPE 10
MOVIE PIC# 11
GRUB NOTES 12
THREATS & PROMISES 13
WILD FLAG 15
DEAD CONFEDERATE 16
DEVILNECK METAL FEST 17
THE CALENDAR’ 18
BULLETIN BOARD 24
ART AROUND TOWN 25
COMICS 26
REALITY CHECK 27
CLASSIFIEDS 28
COMMENT 30
EVERYDAY PEOPLE 31
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avid
BOOKSHOP ^5-^
GRAND
OPENING
Saturday,
October 22nd
from 2-5 PM
OUR SPECIAL
Friday, October 21st
from 7-9 PM
A PARTY FOR
EVERYONE
7:00-7:30 mix. mingle, and
browse the bookshelves
7:30-8:00 inaugural
performance from the New
Town Revue mixed genr? series,
featunng a reading from poet
Sabrina Orah Mark & some tunes
from Madeline
8:00-8:1$ illumination of the
Book Balloon
8:18-9:00 mix, mingle, and
browse some more!
CELEBRATION
FOR CHILDREN
2K)0-2:1S mix, mingle, and browse
the bookshelves
2:15-2:30 story time: Avid Bookshop
owner )anet Geddis reads Dog Loves Books
2:30-3:00 more mixing, mingling, and browsing-pick a book
to read with your child
3:00-3:30 story time
3:30-4:00 bring a camera & take your child’s photo in the
amazing art installation in the children’s section
4:00-5:00 visit with some of your favorite
storybook characters ^ nLImim u
OCTOBER EVENTS
Poetry Reading
witli Ida Stewart
Thursday, October 20 at 7:30pm
Grand Opening Pan 1
Friday, October 21 at 7:00pm
Grand Opening Pan 2
Saturday, October 22 at 2:00pm
Spooky Story Time
with Jackie Eisner!
Saturday, October 29 at 3:00pm
The Classic Center
presents David Sedans
Monday, October 31 at 7:30pm
Avid Bookshop
493 Prince Ave
Athens, GA 30601
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706-352-2060
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Art Classes
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