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By Blake Aued and Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent decision to allow “I’m afraid if we have the door open, peorestaurant dining rooms, movie theaters, ple will come in and grab a seat and hang hair and nail salons, tattoo parlors, bowling out,” co-owner Jon Andrews said. Ciné, alleys, gyms and some other types of preAMC, Beechwood Cinemas and University viously nonessential businesses to reopen Cinemas remain closed. So does Showtime drew widespread ridicule and anger, both Bowl, as well as the YMCA, several other in his hometown of Athens and across the local fitness centers, Republic Salon and country.

Washington Square Studio. Nail Daddy Even President Donald Trump—who responded by posting a clip of Bishop propelled the underdog Kemp to the Bullwinkle’s 2014 viral hit “Hell to the Naw Republican nomination with a tweet in Naw” on Instagram.

2018—threw him under the bus. CNN Some expressed anger at even having to reported that Trump’s coronavirus task make a choice. “The fact that we are put in force sent public health advisor Deborah this position is unconscionable,” said masBirx to convince the president not to supsage therapist Amy Bramblett. [Blake Aued] port Kemp’s reopening plan. It worked.

Trump said Kemp was acting “too soon,” because Georgia hasn’t met the administraDespite Kemp’s recent order allowing tion’s standard of 14 straight days of declinsome “non-essential” businesses to re-open, ing COVID-19 deaths. Fox News host Sean the ACC Commission voted Apr. 21 to Hannity called the plan “dumb.”

Athens’ ultra-conservative congressman, extend the local emergency declaration here in Athens.

Jody Hice, apparently didn’t get the memo.

This extension allows ACC Manager He wrote an op-ed for Townhall accusing Blaine Williams to keep some emergency public health experts and government powers until June 2, but it cannot conofficials of shutting down the economy for tradict the statewide nothing. In reality, order. Even so, the social distancing has We can’t preempt the commission is still worked, so the death toll hasn’t been nearly governor, unfortunately, requesting that all non-essential busias high as it could at this time. nesses remain closed have been. Hice also and that Athenians voted against the continue to shelter in place for the time most recent coronavirus relief bill, which includes an additional $310 billion for small being, citing the advice of medical experts.

“We can’t preempt the governor, unforbusinesses. tunately, at this time,” said Commissioner The situation left liberals in the odd Russell Edwards. “This is simply a recomposition of agreeing with a president they mended action for our citizens.” loathe. “Without enough testing, without The commission continues to press enough supplies for doctors and nurses, and forward with coronavirus relief efforts. At without listening to medical professionals, this meeting, they voted to start a local the governor’s actions today will make this authority tasked with distributing small crisis even worse and put more Georgians loans to affected businesses, but commisat risk,” Democratic Party of Georgia chairsioners lamented that they couldn’t do person Nikema Williams said after Kemp’s more. “I would have liked to see this as a announcement Apr. 20.

Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz grant program rather than a loan program,” Commissioner Ovita Thornton said. A grant appeared on CNN urging residents to conprogram would be forbidden by the state tinue sheltering in place. “It’s like telling constitution’s gratuities clause—a familiar your quarterback, ‘We don’t have a helmet for you, we don’t have pads, but just get out bugbear for this commission—which prevents local governments from giving away on the field and try not to get sacked,’” he taxpayer money directly to individuals or said.

Georgia hit the peak of COVID-19 deaths businesses.

However, there are other options for on Apr. 7, according to one widely cited providing relief. The commission is considmetric from the University of Washington. ering a $15,000 fund administered through That same projection, though, shows that the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission Georgia should not start relaxing social to finance local art projects. The fund curdistancing measures until June 15, when rently has enough money to provide 20 testing is projected to ramp up enough so artists with $750 awards, and this funding that suspected COVID-19 victims’ contacts might be increased by the time the mayor can also be traced, tested and quarantined. and commission vote to approve the plan “We’re not yet seeing a decline in the numon May 5. The Athens Cultural Affairs ber of cases in Georgia,” Emory University Commission will come up with a plan to epidemiology professor Carlos del Rio told distribute the money over the next week to the AJC. support local artists during the COVID-19 Athens small business owners seem pandemic. to understand this. “It’s not safe for our The last coronavirus-related item considemployees or customers,” said Bain Mattox ered by the commission at this meeting was of Automatic Pizza, which will continue an amendment to the ACC charter relating with carry-out and delivery. At least one to the local government’s emergency powlocal restaurant, Hi-Lo, has opted to shuters. These expanded powers would include ter entirely as a result of Kemp’s order.

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the ability to make contributions to charitable organizations and to provide relief to the indigent or impoverished as a way of promoting public safety and well-being.

According to Girtz, this will be done to provide further legal support to actions the local government is already taking, and to speed up responses to future emergencies.

The measure is scheduled for a June 2 vote.

One non-coronavirus item worth mentioning is that Verizon Wireless has threatened to sue ACC if the commission does not approve the construction of a cell tower on Nowhere Road. A permit for this tower was rejected when nearby residents came out in force to speak out against it at a December commission meeting. They submitted a number of new comments for this meeting, which were read into the record by Commissioner Tim Denson.

In addition, Thornton, who also has constituents in the proposed area, took a firm stand in opposition to the tower, despite the pending lawsuit. “Anybody and everybody will trample over District 9,” she said.

“This is a David and Goliath moment.”

The decision on the Verizon tower was pushed back to May 19.

This article originally appeared at athens politicsnerd.com. [Chris Dowd]

Mayor Hosts COVID-19 Town Halls With Kemp’s announcement that he is starting to reopen the state came many questions—about unemployment, ACC’s plans and more. Girtz and Manager Blaine Williams tried to answer those at the first of what is slated to become a weekly virtual town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesdays, streamed at YouTube.com/ACCgov.

How long will this pandemic last?

Williams said he is looking three, four, even six months ahead. “I am personally someone who’s looking closely at a risk of resurgence later this year, and we’ll be planning accordingly.”

In the meantime, ACC employees continue to work from home, or in the case of folks like sanitation workers, report in teams or shifts so the county can continue to provide essential services. “We can’t afford for your water not to come

on—not in this public health emergency,” Williams said. Some construction is ongoing, although permits are down 40%. Road work is continuing, with plans to build new sidewalks and repave the city’s 100 worst streets this summer.

“This crisis has struck on one of the most beautiful springs I can remember, and the nature of it is everybody wants to get outside,” Girtz said. But although trails are open, park amenities like playgrounds and basketball courts encourage people to gather, so they remain closed. Leisure Services summer camps have been canceled for June.

If and when students return this fall, will they bring a surge of infections with them? Life will still not be the same as it was. “High-contact” activities and large gatherings are the least likely to be allowed at that point, Girtz said. “I want nothing more than to walk on the sticky floor of the 40 Watt Club and be with 500 people listening to some live music,” he said, “but I know that can’t happen yet.”

Can employees of businesses that reopen stay on unemployment? People who are over 60, are quarantined on the advice of a medical professional, have a condition that makes them susceptible to COVID-19, are a caregiver of such a person or are a parent that can’t find childcare are exempt from returning to work, according to Williams.

Employees who don’t think their employer is following proper safety protocols can also document those. “If you make the decision it’s just not safe for you, and you do decide to separate, you have the ability to file a claim,” Williams said. Those who return to work part-time can earn up to $300 a week and retain their unemployment benefits, he added.

What about a property tax break for struggling residents? ACC has already asked the state legislature to raise the homestead exemption for low-income homeowners. But the county budget is likely to be strapped for the coming fiscal year, depending on federal aid and when UGA reopens.

“While some prospect of a reduction exists, we have some limiting factors there in terms of basic operating needs,” Williams said. [BA] f

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ith Athens-Clarke County under both Even with a heavier focus on phone local and state stay-at-home recomcalls and technology, there are still ways mendations, local political candidates have for candidates to take their messages to been scrambling to rewrite their campaign the streets. Farnham meets voters—while playbooks and find ways to reach voters adhering to the rules of social distancing— without their usual tactics of face-to-face in supermarkets and Walmart parking lots, contact. while Myers uses exercise as a means to What is often called “retail politics”— meet voters. neighborhood canvassing by the candidate “When I’m in my neighborhood walking. and volunteers, plus events and phone I feel that I need to go, ‘Hey, hi,’” Myers says. banking—is a staple of local races, one “You know, everyone’s being a little friendthat has been largely curtailed by shelter-in-place recommendations. “Before, my campaign was heavily, heavily centered on knocking on doors,” says Andrea Farnham, who is running for Athens-Clarke County Commission in District 8 on the Eastside. “We historically have very low voter turnout, so the only way to get to voters is by going to their door and talking to them. And now that is Andrea Farnham different.”

One thing that campaigns can lean on is technology and social lier. And then I’m going ‘Hey, hi.’ And I’m media. Farnham has been relying on email talking to someone. I’m saying, ‘Hey, listen, communication as one tactic. “There’s a lot you know, I live over here. And these signs, of effort right now being made to get email you see, that’s me. I’m running for office.’ lists,” Farnham says. “Because you know And so I’ve been having these discussions.” there’s neighborhood listservs and local Beyond reaching voters, candidates school governance teams and those kinds in the era of COVID-19 also have to be of things. So, to be honest, email, especially mindful of their message. While they may in my district, is a lot more effective mecha- have started their campaigns wanting to nism to be reaching people.” talk about transportation or affordable But, Farnham warns, email and social housing or inequality, the coronavirus media are just one and governmental tactic. “Not everyresponse to it is body is online,” at the top of most she says. “And not voters’ minds right everyone is on social now. That presents media, so it sort of a challenge for canself-selects, unfortudidates, according nately, which people to Audrey Haynes, can be reached.” associate professor While not everyof political science one might have an at the University of internet connection Georgia and direcand a Facebook tor of the school’s account, most voters certificate program do have a phone. in Applied Politics.

Farnham and one of Several of her stuher opponents, Carol dents are involved Myers, are shifting with local campaigns campaign resources and report that not to phone banking— everyone wants to though individually, talk politics when Carol Myers not through the they’re not sure traditional groups how they’ll pay their of volunteers gathered together. “I have a phone bill. The job for candidates, then, team of people working with me making is to show how they will help those voters phone calls,” Myers says. amidst these difficult times.

Some of those calls have been almost “Candidates have to be very careful in as productive and lengthy as the conversahow they present themselves,” Haynes says. tions she might have had in-person. “One “Really being authentic and genuine, and afternoon I started calling, and this woman your empathy and care, and perhaps showanswers the phone,” Myers says. “I was on ing that you have ideas.” f the phone 40 minutes with her. Every day A version of this story first aired on WUGA 91.7 and I’ve had lengthy conversations with people, 94.5 FM. and I’ve taken notes.”

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Sixth Sense INCUMBENT COMMISSIONER FACES ACTIVIST IN DISTRICT 6

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he District 6 race for Athens-Clarke County Commission is another that pits an incumbent with a wealth of experience against a younger upstart who brings his own set of fresh ideas to the table.

Jerry NeSmith, 71, has represented the Westside district since 2013. Prior to that, he served for 10 years on the ACC Planning Commission. The retired University of Georgia IT director is also a member of the board of directors of Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, a mental health and addiction nonprofit, and leads a committee devoted to the revitalization of Atlanta Highway—both have been signature issues for him during his time on the commission.

Jesse Houle, 34, got involved in local politics during the Occupy Athens movement of 2011, then went on to work on now-commissioner Tim Denson’s 2014 mayoral campaign and become a founding member of Athens for Everyone. They now work at Nuçi’s Space. (Houle prefers gender-neutral pronouns.) A fixture behind the podium during public comment at commission meetings, they’re now looking to move behind the rail.

Both candidates recently answered a few questions from Flagpole to help voters decide.

Election Day for nonpartisan commission races is June 9, and early voting begins May 18. Absentee ballots are now available from the ACC Board of Elections.

order superseded that order.)

With the $3 million-plus Resiliency Package, we are responding within our financial and legal limits to the needs of affected employees, businesses and the indigent community. The strategy and organization of this package will roll out in phases, beginning with the $150,000 grants awarded on Apr. 14 to four indigent care agencies.

We are working hard to collaborate with partners/providers to consolidate resources and reduce duplication of services. We are collaborating with and empowering Envision Athens, the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce (Athens Works Initiative) and the newly formed Athens Arts Coalition, a coalition of several arts organizations with the resources of the Arts Division of the ACC Leisure Services Department.

Flagpole: How would you rate Athens-Clarke County’s response to the coronavirus pandemic?

Jesse Houle: Our local government has stepped up meaningfully while the state and federal government flounders. This highlights both the importance and limits Jesse Houle of local government. We’d be better equipped in these times had ACCUG been more proactive before now.

We are communicating daily as a governWe should make current emergency ment and as individual commissioners to measures permanent, such as fare-free bus our constituents about local events, opporservice, an emptied jail, increased indigence tunities and news relevant to coronavirus resources and humane policing. We also and shelter in place. need to strengthen measures under consideration, including eviction reform, creative FP: What is your plan to reduce Athens’ direct aid that navigates the gratuities persistently high poverty rate? clause and a New Deal-style jobs program.

I’m heartened by the cultural shift of JH: Any plan must recognize the violent our county manager and attorney inviting legacy of systemic racism and discrimour mayor and commission to lead in policy ination as roots of economic injustice. development. The commission must step up Additionally, this community is wealthy; and do so. the problem is distribution. Poverty exists within record-level inequality. People are Jerry NeSmith: Given the resources at working hard but don’t get their fair share. our disposal, I give our community a very Understanding this, we need substanhigh rating for the following reasons: ACC tive redress aligned with broader social was one of the very first jurisdictions in movements. Working with organizations Georgia to implement a shelter-in-place like Dignidad Immigrante en Athens, the emergency order. The commission gave the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement and county manager power to modify the emerthe Linnentown Project, healing must be gency order to list essential business and led by those directly harmed to engender rules of no-contact protocols as new inforthe creative, effective solutions we know mation arrives. (The governor’s emergency are possible. Specifically: living wages for

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JN: The poverty rate in our community has not changed over the last several years—37%, or, when excluding UGA students, 28%.

Many of our residents live from paycheck to paycheck. Unfortunately, with COVID-19, we expect this situation has worsened already and may continue so until we are in a local economic recovery. So now we must do what is required to enter into a local economic recovery, beginning with the Resiliency Package and going forward with incentives and programs from the government and our partners to bring back our local businesses and support those who are struggling as a result of the pandemic.

the Economic Development Department to nurture local businesses with pro-worker policies and living wages. Recruit only large businesses and developers that meet a rigorous standard.

JN: There is already a great deal of activity taking place precipitated by the sudden loss of venues, touring opportunities and gathering places for artists and their audiences. My plan is for these initiatives to be encouraged and enabled to become permanent proponents and facilitators for our arts community, including music, theatre, fine art, graphic art and all domains of our arts community.

The Arts Division of Leisure Services has formed an Athens Arts Coalition that is working with a host of independent and government agencies to join forces in finding innovative ways to enable performing artists and graphic artists to work through the pandemic and create new support, promotion and venues in the future. The coalition can assist in writing grant proposals and raise matching funds to satisfy the requirements of those proposals. The participants will be encouraged and facilitated to utilize local radio stations, newspapers and their webpages to promote upcoming events and opportunities.

Children at risk must have access to the internet. Boys and Girls Clubs have a bank of tablets the children use. Raise funds to provide children with access to the library from home. Universal access to the internet.

FP: Is it time to redevelop Georgia Square Mall? If so, what should be done with it, and what city resources should be brought to bear?

Jerry NeSmith

In the mid-term and going forward, I support developing a strategic initiative using the findings of the “Network for Southern Economic Mobility in Athens” study published in 2019. That study emphasized creating opportunities around family support, race/equity, workforce and development, education and social capital/ stability.

FP: What would you do to protect the arts and music scene and assist the local businesses that make Athens unique?

JH: Most artists cobble together a living from part-time jobs and gigs. We must acknowledge the precarity of labor locally and generally exacerbated by the woes of working in an “at will” state. Many Athenians aren’t paid for all their hours, have tips stolen and suffer abuse, harassment and unethical termination. Workers deserve resources to understand, expand and assert their rights with workers’ centers, subsidized legal counsel and better enforcement of existing laws.

First, focus the Resiliency Package and COVID-19 relief explicitly on local businesses and individuals who are not reached by federal aid. Then, enact comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, designate western downtown an historic district, and advance zoning laws that safeguard against further harmful development. Next, refocus

JH: Downtown, once a corporate hub, saw businesses flee to the mall. In their shells, our music and art scene grew. Likewise, in the mall’s withering husk, we may sow seeds for the next generation. We can’t legislate creativity; we facilitate its growth.

There are many exciting redevelopment ideas—a community rec center, workers’ center, cohousing… The District 6 commissioner’s role is to facilitate a community-led process by which a plan is made and carried out. This requires intensive outreach to bring in the whole community. My philosophy of collaborative governance leaves month-to-month maintenance for public servants and invites community members into the good stuff and the big stuff.

JN: The mall has great potential. The mall is an ideal place to implement an Athens Transit hub. It would be the center of an expanded bus system that would better serve the needs of the Westside by expanding the range and the frequency of bus routes to include Caterpillar and main thoroughfares of our commercial corridors, our public service providers and our neighborhoods. It has an ideal location on Atlanta Highway (39,000 cars per day) and Loop 10. Its footprint is about the size of downtown Athens. Redevelopment as a multi-use development with retail space, office space, housing, restaurants and public recreation is the future of this huge parcel.

Housing, including market-rate and subsidized affordable housing, would fit well.

FP: Please list any other issue(s) you feel are important and your solution(s).

JH: We must end unpaid inmate labor, which is present-day slavery. Instead, convert that necessary work into living wage jobs with hiring focused on formerly incarcerated people.

Publicly operate 911 and emergency medical services through our fire departments. This means no contract renewal with the for-profit company, National EMS. Until then, we need transparency, accountability and ACC dispatching all 911 calls.

Athens’ outermost neighborhoods need to be looped in. This means adequate sewer and stormwater infrastructure; expanded sidewalk, bike, and trail networks; and trash, recycling and bus services covering the whole county.

Finally, commissioners must share power and rethink how government operates, bringing it out of City Hall while being more transparent, accessible and accountable. Regular town halls, participatory budgeting, and community-driven redevelopment of spaces like the mall are great first steps.

JN: The pandemic will have an unpredictable impact on the tax revenue of the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County. I would build an FY21 budget that is conservative but can be amended as impacts become clearer.

The ACC anti-discrimination ordinance is narrow and difficult to enforce. Implement broader, more enforceable anti-discrimination ordinances.

The vast majority of ACC contracts are awarded to companies outside of Clarke County. Amend ACC procurement policies to give preference and enable local businesses to win contracts, supporting those businesses and keeping spent tax money in our local and regional economy.

Few sidewalks, no trails and no pedestrian/bicycle connectivity exist in District 6. Build a sidewalk/trail system on the west side, particularly on Mitchell Bridge Road, connecting to Timothy Road.

There has been no collaborative planning or problem solving between Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and the Clarke County School District, resulting in imbalanced school attendance zones, uninformed future planning, and duplication of effort.

Continue to build a collaborative relationship with the Clarke County School District to facilitate smart planning by both entities; cooperate on job training initiatives and other mutual interests.

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For Arrowhawk Records, the Show Must Go On LABEL OWNER ALYSSA DEHAYES PUSHES FORWARD

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Apr. 25, Alyssa DeHayes was sup- alog has garnered international distribution and a mindset that she has developed since posed to host a party at Flicker for releases by Georgia-based acts such as childhood.

Theater. Arrowhawk Records, the indepenCinemechanica, Shepherds and Arbor Labor “I was an only child, and there weren’t dent label that she owns and operates from Union, along with Nashville/Los Angelesmany kids on my street,” she says. “I spent a an office near Athens’ Boulevard neighborbased actor and songwriter Chris Crofton, lot of time in my room tinkering with projhood, turned seven years old in April, and Detroit’s power pop trio Deadbeat Beat, and ects. I see that come out when I’m at the a stack of new LPs, cassettes, T-shirts and more. office packing orders, looking at designs and stickers are in the queue.

Each release in the label’s catalog defies a quantities, adding data into a spreadsheet.”

From the blend of psychedelic singular musical aesthetic. “I’m friends with As the label grows, DeHayes keeps punk-country melodies of Arbor Labor everyone first,” DeHayes says. “As far as a most of her business affairs planted firmly Union’s New Petal Instants and Portland, sound goes, it’s kind of all over the place—I within Georgia’s creative industry. Arbor OR songwriter Jeffrey Silverstein’s You don’t know that I could pin it down, but I Labor Union’s singer and guitar player Become The Mountain, to the outsider snarl know it when I hear it.”

Bo Orr handles most of the design work and jangle of Nana Grizol’s South Somewhere Else (out June 19 via Arrowhawk/Don Giovanni), DeHayes had laid down all of the groundwork for the label to have a banner year.

But as Georgians began self-quarantining to slow the spread of the COVID19 outbreak, weeks before Governor Brian Kemp declared a statewide shelterin-place order, it was clear the anniversary party was off.

For DeHayes, however, the show must go on. Orders for Arrowhawk Records releases are still coming in every day, and singles such as Shana Falana’s “Everyone Is Gonna Be Okay” are still rolling out online. There is social media content to push and packages to be mailed out.

With her hands-on network of part-time staffers and interns staySince founding the label, DeHayes has with Brooklynite Bailey Elder. Vinyl LPs ing home as a social distancing measure, also settled into roles as a partner and are pressed at Kindercore Records, and DeHayes is working harder than ever. With national publicist with Riot Act Media, all of Arrowhawk’s merch is printed at her tan and white fox-tailed dog Greta to working on national campaigns for various RubySue Graphics, including a Nalgene keep her company, Arrowhawk is pressing touring independent artists and record bottle branded with artwork from Jeffrey forward as a one-woman operation, innolabels such as New West, Captured Tracks, Silverstein’s You Become The Mountain. vating the process one step at a time—and Polyvinyl and Mexican Summer.

As the pandemic became a reality, as quickly as possible.

In 2015, she also began working as an Silverstein had to cancel a tour supporting “Handling orders is very different now,” adjunct professor teaching Publicity and the new release. Shana Falana’s first SXSW she says. “Normally I have interns or Promotion for Music through UGA’s busiwas canceled, and much of the advance part-timers who help pick and pack. Right ness school. Soon, she will be taking a break work for Nana Grizol’s new album has been now our shipping time is delayed, since, for to focus on other endeavors as Andrew disrupted, but the plan is to move forward. everyone’s safety, I’m handling all packing Rieger of Elf Power teaches the class.

In April, Nana Grizol released a video for alone at the office at night, on week“Future Version” from South Somewhere ends, anytime I can fit in some packing in hopes that the world will be As far as a sound goes, it’s kind of Else, sessions with a mask and gloves and moving again by June. all over the place—I don’t know constant hand washing. When I have a For DeHayes, the seven-year small stack, I schedule a touchless USPS anniversary party will happen later, that I could pin it down, but I know it pickup rather than going to the post although it’s too soon to say when. In when I hear it. office and putting postal workers at the meantime, her mission is to keep risk,” she adds. “I have also been trying music flowing out to the people who to put as many fun extras (stickers, postMore recently, in 2019, DeHayes took want it and need it most. “We’re doing cards, etc.) into packages as I can, to make yet another job handling social media an indie record store exclusive of colored up for the wait, and because I think folks marketing for Smithsonian Folkways in vinyl with the Nana Grizol LP,” DeHayes could use a shipment that feels a bit like a Washington, D.C. Each week, she mansays. “That’s something we do with most present to unwrap right now.” ages Smithsonian Folkways’ social media releases, but it feels more important now to DeHayes grew up on the outskirts of accounts and social marketing. She gets to offer something to independent shops that Atlanta and moved to Athens in 2005, sift through the historic nonprofit label’s big box retailers won’t have. Everyone is where she earned a bachelor’s degree digital archives and share older recordings pointing to the Spanish flu as our historical in Public Relations at the University of that resonate with newer releases. model, but that was not in most peoples’ Georgia. She founded Arrowhawk Records DeHayes ability to manage so many lifetimes,” she adds. “We’re all trying to in 2013 with the arrival of Bambara’s endeavors underscores her profile as a logistically navigate a situation that is Dreamviolence LP. Since then, the label’s cat- nimble, self-made entrepreneur. It’s a skill unprecedented in our lifetimes.” f

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By Jessica Smith arts@flagpole.com Sometimes the most effective documentaries are those in their community,” says Preston. “The second zooms out that abandon academic formalities and allow for a more a bit to look at the nonprofits and businesses that make subjective impression of a precise place in time. Throughout up and support our creative community, and what we can his pair of Athens Rising films—now available to stream accomplish when we can come together. Both films are just for free through athensrising.com—local filmmaker James a tiny glimpse at our community, and there are so many Preston introduces a handful of figures who collectively amazing stories that didn’t make it into either. I’m certain build an overarching story through eclectic vignettes and I could make 20 of these and still have left out dozens of interviews. Never needing to wax nostalgic about the music amazing Athenians.” and arts scene as it was 40 years ago, Athens Rising brings the here and now to the forefront.

Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project (2018) presents a well-rounded crash course in the town’s various scenes—music, stand-up comedy, dance, food, visual art and performance—by visiting The Pity Party, engineer Joel Hatstat, Jesse Mangum of The Glow Recording Studio, Peepa Show, Volumes Hip Hop, Krakin Jokes, artist and activist Broderick Flanigan, AthFest, Heirloom Café, Small Box Series and poet Celest Divine.

Further investigating the creative class, Athens Rising 2: Transmittance (2019) highlights Avid Cooper Holmes of Peepa Show in Athens Rising: The Sicyon Project.

Bookshop, ATHICA, Nuçi’s Space, Mokah and Knowa Johnson, Canopy Studio, Lyndon House Arts Center, Wild Preston’s decision to release his films during a pandemic Rumpus and chef Peter Dale. Beautifully shot and cleverly was partly to increase accessibility among an audience edited, the degrees of separation between subjects seem sheltering in place, but he additionally hopes to motivate to become smaller and smaller as the films move along. viewers to take an active part in financially sustaining the Athens may be a tiny town, but the overlapping, personal individuals and institutions that help preserve Athens’ dishistories of its inhabitants run deep. tinct sense of character in an increasingly hegemonic world.

“The first film is all about individuals or very small Local artists and musicians typically self-fund their own groups of people with minimal resources who woke up one projects, and as their wallets become lighter, so will their day and started something because they wanted to see it creative output. Galleries and nonprofits will face severe

limitations on their future programming, too, if membership dues, donations and grants all evaporate. As a solution, Preston includes a handy list within the video descriptions that compiles several local relief efforts—the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund, Athens Virtual Tip Jar, Classic City Love, Athens Works Initiative and the Athens Area Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund—as well as direct links to several of the films’ subjects.

“I think discomfort is always where opportunity lies.

Janet Geddis spent four years trying to get Avid Bookshop open after the financial crisis and opened on a shoestring budget. The idea of Nuçi’s Space sounded straight-up crazy to people 20 years ago, when Bob Sleppy was a bartender and gigging musician. The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement was started by Mokah and Knowa Johnson in response to that horrible General Beauregard’s debacle,” says Preston. “I believe that the artists, nonprofits and businesses we’ll all herald in a decade will be formed in our current discomfort.

Those ideas are being born right now, and it’s our job to be the community that makes those ideas possible. Which is why it’s more important than ever to support our creative community.”

In addition, Preston plans to release two different video series based off of a pair of “Arts in Community” panel discussions that were funded by the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission last year. Scheduled for Apr. 29, “How to Build Organizations for Change in Athens” spotlights Mokah Jasmine-Johnson of AADM, Bob Sleppy of Nuçi’s Space, Ann Woodruff of Canopy Studio, and Rashe Malcolme of Rashe’s Cuisine and The Culinary Kitchen of Athens. Set for May 6, “How to Start a House Show in Athens” features segments with Kelly Petronis of Krakin Jokes, Taylor Chicoine of The Pity Party, Sam Lipkin of Volumes Hip Hop and Montu Miller of AthFactor Entertainment.

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By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com KEEP IT BETWEEN THE DITCHES: The new album by Georgia Dish Boys, Suitcase of Life, won’t come out until June, which seems light years away at the moment, but the first single is out, and you can pre-order the whole thing now. A couple of weeks back, the band released the song “HWY 1,” and it’s a total winner, from its clever radio-tuning intro through its Replacements/honky tonk-esque dark exploration. If you’re up for pre-ordering, this is available digitally and vinyl-ly.

The physical LP is limited to 300 copies, though, so jump on that. Check it all out at georgiadishboys.bandcamp.com.

MORE LIKE PURE GOLD: Although it could have just packed up and laid low until next year, The Winterville Marigold Festival has gone virtual for the people. Across three Saturday nights, the first of which has passed, the festival is bringing live performances to you through Facebook Live. The May 2 show features Sir. Crazy Pants and Bo Beddingfield, and the May 9 show features Caroline Aiken and Dodd Ferrelle & Adam Poulin. The shows begin at 6 p.m., so please tune in at facebook.com/ MarigoldFestival.

in the Jeremy Raj-led group. Raj, who plays oud and guitar, is also joined by Louis Romanos (percussion), Mason Davis (drums), William Kissane (guitar) and Web Hughes (bass).

This release contains a whopping 17 tracks culled from three separate improvisational performances at Creature Comforts. This is the kind of record that defies easy categorization, outside of the prodigious “world music” label, because it builds and builds due to its improvisational nature. Fans of, say, Can or Captain Beefheart should dig this as immediately as Smithsonian Folkways patrons.

Anyhow, I was particularly drawn to the longer tracks like “Cacophonous Sarcophagus,” “Evocation,” and “Moon Magic.” Set aside some time to stream this in full over at rabbitholestudios.org/flowkestra.

TWO FOR FLINCHING: Remember just a couple of months ago when we could all rock out with nary a care? Well, Kwazymoto remembers. To this end, they’ve released Kwazymoto: Live at Caledonia, which chronicles the band’s

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new album from Athens death rockers Tears for The Dying is named Memories, and it slipped out in late March. Of course, they began work on this awhile back, and they named the band many years ago, so if this all seems a bit on the nose, don’t blame them.

One major thing I’ve always appreciated about the band is that they’re a continual reminder of how guitar-oriented first-wave goth and death rock really was, revisionist historians be Tears for The Dying damned. Also, rather than taking to heart England and European influences, their approach has always been very Los Angeles/USA-oriented. Thus, their character is more hard-edged than one might expect at first blush. Highlights here include “Palomine,” “Lost Girls,” “ACAB” and their cover of Christian Death’s 1982 song “Spiritual Cramp.”

Check it out at tearsforthedying.bandcamp.com.

FLOW MOTION: Nick Bradfield (White Rabbit Collective) tipped

me to the fact that he finished mixing and mastering the new album by one of the projects he’s been sitting in with for a while. The group is named Flowkestra, and the album is named Whirling Dervish. Bradfield plays erhu and jonghu

appearance at the club this past Feb. 25. It’s a tight, seven-song set in which the band punches its way through that particular Tuesday night and grabs it by the throat. This was produced with the assistance of live recording engineer Sloan Simpson (Southern Shelter) and Music Business Program student Erin Cribbs, who mixed it as her spring semester project. This arrives practically right on the back of the band’s new EP, Kill or Be Killed. This three-song offering is a rapid fire assault that showcases Kwazymoto’s increasingly complex methods of arrangement. This is especially noticeable on the stunning “Death Gallop.” Enjoy each track via kwazymoto.bandcamp.com. f

record review Kudzu Samurai: Kudzu Samurai (Independent Release) Kudzu Samurai, a psychedelic six-piece based in Athens, released their self-titled album at the end of March. The prog rock band first formed in 2017, and is influenced by music from Palm, Mild High Club, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, though the members explore a diverse array of genres within their own work.

Kudzu’s first full-length features four songs, starting with “Dream Machine,” a hazy, lo-fi track that steadily slides on a nonlinear plane of fluid time signatures and layers of craggy reverb. This cosmic orientation overflows into “Politico One,” introducing elements of surf punk and smokey bass flavors that darken the melody’s cyclical descent. Flute and other wind instruments highlight notes of bossa nova in this song, as well as “Boss Battle,” which pairs cacophonous jazz with abstract imagery while maintaining its consistent interstellar twang. “Letter” brings the record to a close, incorporating jangle pop into Kudzu’s trippy, tidal repertoire. [Lily Guthrie]

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Art AAAC GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Area Arts Council is seeking applicants for its quarterly $500 grants. All local artists, arts organizations or arts-based projects are welcome to apply. The next deadline is June 15. info@athensarts.org, www.athensarts.org ART FOR ATHENS (Athens, GA) The Red & Black is organizing Art for Athens, an online fundraiser to benefit the local service industry. All proceeds from sales of prints and original art will be donated to the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund and the Giving Kitchen.

Artists can donate works and set their own prices, and The Red & Black will handle the promotion of pieces, shipping and payment processing. www.redandblack.com/ store #ARTSCENTERONLINE (Lyndon House Arts Center) Though currently closed to the public, the Lyndon House is still offering educational programming and art activities online. Search for the hashtag #ArtsCenterOnline on Instagram and Facebook for art education programs for families sequestered in their homes, virtual tours and other art related activities designed for sheltering in place. www.accgov.com/ lyndonhouse ARTS IN COMMUNITY GRANTS (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission awards grants of $1,500 each to promote creative placemaking in the community.

Grants will be awarded based on the level of community enrichment through the arts, contribution to the local identity and quality or artistic merit. Artists, local organizations and groups can apply. Deadline May 20, 11:59 p.m. Fill out online proposal. info@athensculturalaffairs. org, www.athensculturalaffairs.org

Classes ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) Virtual classes are now held through Zoom. “Calligraphy Club” is held every first Thursday, 5:30–7 p.m.

FREE! hello@kaartist.com, www. kaartist.com MORNING MINDFULNESS (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a guided meditation session through Zoom. Every other Friday at 9:30 a.m. www.georgiamuseum.org YOGA CLASSES AT 5 POINTS (5 Points Yoga) Classes include Slow Flow, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Power, Hot Yoga and beginners classes. Visit the website for a schedule of available live streams. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

Help Out THE ARK’S SHERO 2020 Join The Ark in honoring the women whose strength, courage, stamina and grace shine forth in the darkness of the present crisis. Send a card to mothers, teachers and nurses through the month of May. $10 donation per card will benefit The Ark’s COVID-

art around town CITY OF WATKINSVILLE (Downtown Watkinsville) “Public Art Watkinsville: A Pop-Up Sculpture Exhibit” consists of sculptures placed in prominent locations around downtown. Artists include Benjamin Lock, William Massey, Stan Mullins, Robert Clements, Harold Rittenberry and Joni YounkinsHerzog. • “Artscape Oconee: The Monuments of Artland” features a total of 20 paintings on panels installed around town. Artists include Claire Clements, Peter Loose, Andy Cherewick, Lisa Freeman, Manda McKay and others.

GALLERY AT INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Tiny Universe #3” is an exhibit of small works by over 70 artists from Athens and Atlanta. Through May 30.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection” features over 60 objects spanning over 30 years of the famous stained glass artist’s career. Through May 10. • “Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition” is an annual exit show for the graduating master of fine arts students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through May 17. • “Rediscovering the Art of Victoria Hutson Huntley” contains approximately 30 lithographs and two paintings. Through June 21. • “Drama and Devotion in Baroque Rome” celebrates Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s influence. Through Aug. 23. • “Altered Landscapes: Photography in the Anthropocene” includes images that demonstrate humanity’s impact on the natural world. Through Sept. 27. Though the museum is temporarily closed, many of the exhibitions, as well as the permanent collection, are currently available to view online at georgiamuseum.org.

GLASSCUBE@INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Supple Moments, Dark Corners” is a site-specific installation by Eli Saragoussi that is accompanied by a soundscape by Max Boyd called “Jungle Drone.” Saragoussi recently incorporated additional set pieces built for Ad•Verse festival. Through summer.

K.A. ARTIST SHOP (127 N. Jackson St.) “Love Show 2020” celebrates love in all its many forms through works by dozens of artists. Artists include Hannah Betzel, Karen Cook, Laine Gay, Lakshana Hall, Helen Kuykendall, Maggie Seee, souptycoon and many more. While the brick-and-mortar shop is temporarily closed, the exhibition can be experienced virtually at kaartist. com through April.

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Kidstuff ART CLASSES (KA Artist Shop) “Art Club Junior” is for ages 8–12 and held on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. “Art Club for Teens is for ages 12–18 and held Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Subjects include pointillism (May 1), pop art (May 8), paper lanterns (May 15), radial symmetry (May 22) and paper airplanes (May 29). Check website for details and to register. Classes are held over Zoom. $15. www. kaartist.com LIVE FITNESS FOR KIDS (Athens, GA) Children can participate in virtual fitness activities daily from 10:30–11:15 a.m. www.athens. macaronikid.com

Support Groups CRISIS TEXT LINE (Athens, GA) Anyone experiencing an emotional crisis can text GA to 741741 to speak with a trained crisis counselor.

Children and teens welcome. This service is free, confidential and available 24/7. www.crisistextline. org/textline NAMI (Multiple Locations) “NAMI Connections” is a support group for adults living in recovery with mental illness. “NAMI Family Support” is for family members, friends and caregivers of individuals with mental illnesses. Multiple online groups

“What Our Dreams Might Be Worth” by Michael Sawecki was selected for the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s 25th annual “Southworks” juried exhibition. Visit ocaf.com/southworks to view the entire collection. are now available. Days, times and contact information is available at www.namihall.org and www.namiga. org. 770-225-0804, namihallga@ gmail.com RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction.

Meetings are currently held through Zoom at zoom.us/j/2465753412.

Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! Find “Recovery Dharma Athens GA” on Facebook

On The Street ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM OFFERINGS (Multiple Locations) The library expanded its online collection of digital eBooks and audibooks by 80%. Titles can be downloaded directly to mobile devices using the RBDigital app

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Available in an online gallery at art.uga.edu, ‘Amiko Li: The Purpose of Disease” presents the Dodd MFA Fellow in photography’s explorations into acupuncture, palm reading, psychogenics, herbal supplements, antibiotics and the regeneration of limbs. BFA exit shows are also posted.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The “45th Juried Exhibition” presents 199 works by 144 local artists. Through July. • Collections from our Community presents “Michael Lachowski’s Trail Trash,” a display of bags of litter picked up by the artist during hiking and backpacking trips dating back to 1995. Through May. 2. • On view in the Lounge Gallery, Lee Coffey presents a solo show of oil paintings celebrating the mundane, drawing inspiration from flea markets, thrift stores, internet holes, advertisements, art history and everyday objects. Through May. • The Lyndon House is currently closed to the public, but is presenting daily installments of artwork and activities on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtags #45JuriedShowOnline and #ArtsCenterOnline.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) Juried by Chris Clamp, the 25th annual “Southworks” exhibition features a juried show of works in all media submitted from across the country. The 2020 Director’s Choice exhibit presents “Inside and Outside,” a solo show

by Tom Stanley of Rock Hill, SC. Both shows are available online at ocaf. com through May 29.

THE SURGERY CENTER (2142 W. Broad St.) Paintings by Melody Croft.

Through May 8.

UGA OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY (1180 E. Broad St.) “The Earth Day (Art) Challenge” is a virtual exhibition of works commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Visit sustainability.uga.edu/earth-day-art.

UGA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES (300 S. Hull St.) Online exhibitions include “Steele Vintage Broadcast Microphone Collection,” “Foxfire on Display at UGA: 50 Years of Cultural Journalism Documenting Folk Life in the North Georgia Mountains, September–December 2016,” “Covered With Glory: Football at UGA, 1892–1917” and “Fighting Spirit: Wally Butts and UGA Football, 1939–1950.” Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 N. Hull St.) A series of drive-by art auctions are displayed in the front window, and bidding is done through Facebook.

Artists include Mux Blank Apr. 27–29, Caitlin Webb Apr. 30–May 2, Sam Balling May 3–5, Keith P. Rein May 7–9 and more.

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with your library card information.

RBDigital also offers hundreds of titles of digital magazines for both kids and adults. www.athenslibrary. org/online-library COMMUNITY COVID STORIES (ACC Library) The Athens Regional Library System is collecting COVID19 experiences from the community.

Submissions can be written journals, photos, videos, oral histories and saved social media posts.

Stories will be permanently archived through The Heritage Room. Fill out the submission form at athens library.org. heritageroomref@athens library.org FREE ONLINE STREAMING OF ATHENS RISING Stream local filmmaker James Preston’s local culture documentaries, Athens Rising 1: The Sicyon Project and Athens Rising 2: Transmittance.

Donations will be distributed to the Garrie Vereen Memorial Emergency Relief Fund, Athens Virtual Tip Jar, Classic City Love, Athens Works Initiative and the Athens Community Foundation Community Response Fund. www.athensrising.com MEALS ON WHEELS (Athens, GA) The Athens Community Council on Aging provides meals and other resources to older adults and those living with disabilities. Volunteers and donations are also accepted.

706-549-4850, www.accaging.org ONE DUMB VIDEO (Chispa House) Chispa House is hosting a new platform called One Dumb Video that allows creatives to submit short videos to compete for cash prizes.

One Dumb Video will award $100 to a daily winner, and every week there will be an additional $300 bonus to the weekly winner, determined by community votes. www.vimeo. com/401218230 SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF ATHENS (Athens, GA) The Athens Welcome Center is offering self-guided tour brochures of their popular walking or driving tours. Read about some of the most iconic Athens landmarks and locations. Options include an African-Amercian Driving Tour, Downtown Athens Tour, Athens Music History Tour and more. There are also narrated Athens Podtours with recordings of local stories and music. www.athenswelcomecenter. com/tours THE GIVING KITCHEN (Athens, GA) Service industry workers in need can receive financial assistance, tips and additional resources. Donations are

also being accepted. www.thegiving kitchen.org TRIAL GARDEN PLANT SALE (111 Riverbend Rd.) The UGA Trial Garden is offering a sale of annuals, perennials, herbs, cacti, succulents and more. Proceeds support student workers. Online ordering begins May 13. Pick up May 16–18. $5/ plant. ugatrial.hort.uga.edu

Virtual Events BAND TOGETHER: A VIRTUAL CONCERT SERIES (Athens, GA) The Classic Center presents live performances on YouTube at Band Together Athens every Thursday at 7 p.m. Terrapin will host a “Terrapin Toast” introducing each act with a different personality each week. See Pip the Pansy and Sam Burchfield on Apr. 30. Donations will support the Athens Area Community Foundations COVID-19 Community Response Fund. Local artists or businesses interested in participating should email bandtogether@ classiccenter.com CINÉ FILMS (Ciné) Ciné has partnered with film distributors to make films available online. Ciné receives half of ticket sales. Current and upcoming films include The Roads Not Taken, Sorry We Missed You, Nothing Fancy and Bill Cunningham New York. www.athenscine.com FOOD2KIDS YOGA DAY Fuel Hot Yoga and UGA Food2Kids host virtual classes on Apr. 29, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. UGA Food2Kids has also partnered with Shop with a Bulldawg for “Pandemic Relief: Bulldawgs Against Hunger” in support of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. www.food banknega.org/food2kids LIVE FROM OVER THERE (The Lewis Room at Tweed Recording) Watch live broadcasts from musicians’ homes. Oh Jeremiah and Andrew Huang play on Apr. 29 at 7 p.m. Hibbs Family Band, Sarah Zúñiga and Lily Dabbs play on May 1 at 6:30 p.m. www.twitch.tv/tweed recording THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY: COVID-19 IN ATHENS, GA (Athens, GA) Historic Athens presents an 11-week, 55-episode interview series designed to document the effect of coronavirus on Athens. The free interactive series is available every weekday at 1 p.m. through June 26. www.facebook. com/historicathens f

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Tower of Babble MISLEADING AND CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIP OUTSIDE ATHENS

By Pete McCommons pete@flagpole.com I was 86’d (kicked out) from Flagpole about a month ago because of my age and have been working from my dining room since.

My wife, Gay, and I take our quarantine seriously. I have been out several times to pick up food, but otherwise we have stayed home and exercised precautions. Thanks to co-publisher Alicia Nickles and her husband, Matt Alston, plus Bryn Adamson, we have been well supplied with groceries, and Gay has outdone herself cooking good food. I have contributed corn muffins from time to time, more or less following The Grit Cookbook. This would be like a vacation, except that, working from home, I’m never sure when I’m off duty.

We’ve been gardening, too. As Gay’s yardman, I have been pulling weeds and

wrong and is risking the lives of hard-working Georgians, the only Georgians he ever acknowledges. Now, our Congressman Jody Hice says all the sheltering and social distancing was based on faulty information, that we destroyed our economy—not in Oconee—for nothing, and he demands a Congressional investigation to find out how that happened.

Then, at the end of last week, in his press conference to guide the country through the COVID-19 crisis, Trump mused that maybe ingesting Lysol would cleanse that virus right out of us, especially if we light up our insides with UV rays.

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digging up Star of Bethelem, wild garlic and potato vine and treating the roses, trees and shrubs to a dose of compost—more than our kitchen compost can cover.

We needed more of the Lowe’s compost and manure mix recommended by former White House gardener Wayne Amos, happily keeping his green thumb in the dirt back here in Athens.

I decided to venture out for the first time for something other than food. Lowe’s did not allow ordering this mixture online. I had heard how crowded the Oconee Lowe’s has been, but I reasoned that I would just be in the garden section outside.

The parking lot was filled, and people strode alone or together toward the store and the garden annex unmasked, ungloved, unchanged from the last time I was there before the pandemic. I felt like I had just come out of a cave into the real, Technicolor world. To be sure, about one-fifth had on masks, as I certainly did, though my gloves were the only ones I spied.

So, this is life outside the jurisdiction of Mayor Kelly Girtz and the commission! But, wait a minute, Gov. Brian Kemp has overruled Kelly. Wait another minute, President Trump has overruled Kemp. But Kemp is, as I write, still saying go right on ahead and get that tattoo: No problem. But the president’s top-level health advisers say Kemp is

cians won’t let them. The latest to chime in is Watkinsville Mayor Bob Smith. (Let’s roll, he says. Let’s go infect everybody).

Should we follow the president’s suggestion and substitute Lysol for the vermouth in our Manhattans? Is Hice right that we destroyed our country because we relied on experts?

The only level of government that has acted clearly and forcefully is our local ACC Mayor and Commission. And because of that timely clarity, our community has responded, at great sacrifice. The surrounding counties did not get that message, and now the state is getting the all-clear from the governor, while our congressman begins the search for scapegoats, and our president, while contradicting our governor, continues to peddle dangerous nostrums.

Time will tell whether we were right to hunker down here, to take the virus seriously and do what we can to hold it at bay.

Our businesses and educational institutions have taken a body blow to protect our community and to protect our hospitals, which we are now reminded are not ours, but serve 17 counties, 16 of which have taken few precautions.

People who are willing to make the sacrifices Athenians have made for the common good of our community deserve better state, federal and presidential leadership. f

How has your life been altered? What do you miss?

What has sheltering in place, oddly, brought back into your life?

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Screening Options for COVID-19 Anyone with symptoms (fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell) can be tested for COVID-19. Health care workers, first responders, and long-term care facility residents and staff are prioritized for testing with or without symptoms.

Residents without a doctor or primary care provider can visit an urgent care center or federally qualified health center or contact the following:

Athens Free Clinic Mobile Unit

Northeast Health District Nurse Line

Augusta University Health Virtual Screening

706-308-4092

706-340-0996

• Free screening 24 hours a day, seven days a week

• For residents without transportation or have barriers to care • Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

• Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• AU ExpressCare app available on Apple App Store and Google Play • Online screenings through augustahealth.org

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Quick Cut T-shirt Cloth Face Covering (no sew method) Prevention (CDC) advises wearing cloth Tutorial face coverings in public settings and to help Materials 1.

2. 6–7 inches • T-shirt people who may have the virus and do not • Scissors know it from transmitting it to others. Below are two types you can make at home. For use and cleaning, who should not wear one, and other details, visit cdc.gov/coronavirus.

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