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THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Done It!
Please pardon Flagpoie's excitement about moving into
our new home at 220 Prince Ave., across from the Grit, the
Bottleworks and Go Bar and next-door to the Catholic church.
After 20 years down on Foundry Street, this is a big change for
us: better visibility, adequate parking, more space, windows
and sunlight, lots more going on around us, and we're still a
short stroll to downtown.
Everybody pitched in for the packing and moving, none
more than Publisher Alicia Nickles' husband, Matt Alston: con
tractor, roofer, karate teacher, fine-arts painter and all-around
hard worker???plus he has a big pickup truck. We wouldn't have
made it without Matt, who spent New Year's Eve and New Year's
Day moving the shelving for our archives and our year's supply
of Flagpoie Guides to Athens. The shelving, of course, is boards
and concrete blocks, lots of concrete blocks. Tons of concrete
blocks. We determined, too, that a bundle of Guides, with their
heavy, slick paper, weighs almost as much as a concrete block.
So that was two days of backbreaking, fingernail-splitting
labor, hearing only snatches of the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
debacle on the truck radio as we stacked blocks in the bed.
Jeff and Jeff are sort of longtime Flagpole mascots, named by Flagpole
Production Director Larry Tenner for his brother. They have made the move
to 220 Prince Ave. and are currently settled into Publisher and Advertising
Director Alicia Nickles??? fancy new office.
We got moved in time to put together this issue of Flagpole
after a lot of help from our Slackpole friends, who wrote most
of our end-of-the-year double issue.
Now, we've got boxes stacked everywhere, and we're unpack
ing with one hand while typing and dialing with the other.
Soon, though, we'll be back to our usual messy selves, and
we'll have an open house and invite you over to see us.
He's Back!
Athens' fallen hero Harold Williams is back at home, though
confined to his wheelchair with very limited ability to do
things for himself. That doesn't stop him from smiling and
cracking jokes as usual but it means that wife Paula has a lot
to do. Want to know how you can help out? One way is by
taking them a meal every now and then. Thanks to Covenant
Presbyterian Church where they're members, you can easily
pick a day to take your meal. Just go to takethemameal.com,
put in the name "Williams," and the password is "Harold." The
address, map and phone number are right there on the site,
and Covenant suggests that you call before signing up, to make
sure nobody else is bringing a meal that day.
Trivia: Harold is a huge fan of Mark Twain, and, come to
find out, Samuel Clemens, in spite of his unorthodox religious
views, was a Presbyterian, too. Somehow, that explains a lot
about Harold: his wit, his grace under pressure, his good spirits
in the face of adversity. A Mark Twain Presbyterian: what a
combination!
Still There
The fabulous Ouida Williams-Barbara Mann "Landscapes
Near and Far" exhibit at the the UGA College of Environment &
Design's Circle Gallery has been extended through Jan. 15.
Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
ON FLAGPOLE.COM
from the blogs
9 HOMEDRONE: See the nominees for the 2014
Athens Hip Hop Awards.
^ IN THE LOOP: Find out what stories Flagpole read
ers clicked on the most in 2013.
9 HOMEDRONE: Local grindcore band Gripe pre
miered its final album via NPR. Seriously.
ATHENS POWER RANKINGS:
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4. Prince Avenue
5. Food 2 Kids
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EDITOR & PUBLISHER Pete McCommons
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER Alicia Nickles
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Larry Tenner
ADVERTISING SALES Anita Aubrey, Dede Giddens, Jessica Pritchard Mangum
MUSIC EDITOR GabeVodicka
CITY EDITOR Blake Aued
ARTS EDITOR & DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Jessica Smith
CLASSIFIEDS & OFFICE MANAGER Sarah Temple Stevenson
AD DESIGNERS Kelly Hart, Cindy Jerrell
CARTOONISTS Lee Gatlin, Missy Kulik, Jeremy Long, Clint McElroy, David Mack
ADOPT ME Special Agent Cindy Jerrell
CONTRIBUTORS Rachel Bailey, Hillary Brown, Tom Crawford, Lauren Farmer, Will Guerin,
Derek Hill, Jyl Inov, Gordon Lamb, Dan Mistich, Maizy Stell, Drew Wheeler, Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.
CIRCULATION Charles Greenleaf, Emily Armond, Will Donaldson, Matt Shirley
WEB DESIGNER Kelly Hart
ADVERTISING INTERNS Jordan Harris, Sarah Rucker
MUSIC INTERNS Steve Harris, Chris Schultz
NEWS INTERN David Schick
COVER ART by Cindy Jerrell
See feature story on p.6.
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