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Congratulations and Hurrah!
We are delighted to welcome Iris, the brand new daughter
of Flagpoie City Editor Blake Aued and Merritt Melancon, Public
Relations Coordinator in UGA's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences. These two journalists have collabo
rated on this thrilling story, and they even published ahead
of schedule, rare in their field. Before heading for the hospital
this weekend, Blake came by the office to make assignments
and make sure all the bases are covered as he takes some time
off to be a new parent. Iris was born Sunday, July 20 and
weighed 5 pounds and 12 ounces. We at Flagpoie are delighted
with their news, and we wish Blake, Merritt and Iris all the
best as they begin this new chapter.
Congratulations and Good Luck
Well, here we are again in that blind spot that develops
every election because Flagpole is printed Tuesday afternoon
long before the polls close. You will, of course, have read the
results at flagpole.com as soon as they came in, so you already
know who won. I do not yet have that knowledge as I sit here
typing this at home on Sunday afternoon, already long past my
deadline.
So, congratulations and best wishes to the winner in the
District 3 Athens-Clarke County Commission race: Rachel
Watkins or Melissa Link. You both ran good races and worked
hard, and it is too bad that our Charter does not allow you
both to represent the district. (Back in the old Athens City
Council days, we had five wards, and each ward had two repre
sentatives on the Council.)
The winner will have a hard job, for you now represent a
diverse district filled with constituents who will want to tell
you about their drainage problems every time you run out for
a loaf of bread and need to get back home in time to cut the
grass before it rains again. And of course, you'll have meet
ings, meetings, meetings and homework in connection with all
of them. Unfortunately, you will be joining a commission that
is smothered by a mayor who will not let it consider anything
much that deals with the real problems that confront our com
munity. Athens is strangling and falling backwards, and many
on the commission are content with that situation. Having
promised the voters that you want to help solve our pressing
problems, you will find it very frustrating to be working among
people who are accustomed to short meetings that don't get
much done. Here's hoping you can make a difference and can
help energize this government. Congratulations, and good luck.
California Author Here
First time novelist Edan Lepucki will pop by Avid Bookshop
to celebrate her recently released tale of a post-apocalyptic
near-future, California. Lepucki recently scored some great
press on "The Colbert Report." Stephen Colbert urged his
viewers to pre-order cop
ies of her novel through his
website and Powell Books as
a way to stick it to cyber
giant Amazon. Lepucki and
Colbert are both authors with
Hachette Books. While dis
cussing California in an inter
view with another author,
Colbert's response to hearing
that Los Angeles is lost in
the novel was, "So there's a
happy ending."
California is the (love)
story of a young couple cop
ing with the aftermath of the
end of society as we know it.
After leaving the crumbling
city of LA for life in a shack
in the wilderness, an unplanned pregnancy causes the pair to
seek the protection of a nearby settlement. This guarded and
paranoid community with dark secrets poses other dangers to
the couple, leaving the reader to guestion how far we will go
to protect the ones we love.
Meet Edan Lepucki at Avid Bookshop this Sunday, July 27
from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. [Barbette Houser]
Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
Edan Lepucki
ON FLAGPOLE.COM
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