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comments section Such harsh words. I’m glad he was able to check himself before he elevated his assessment to something more vitriolic like ‘scallywag’ or ‘rapscallion.’

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Could Schools Open Soon?

COVID NUMBERS ARE TRENDING DOWN, AND MORE LOCAL NEWS

By Blake Aued and Tyler Wilkins news@flagpole.com

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Clarke County School District officials “We are excited to say that we’ve made were cautiously optimistic last week that contact with almost 100% of our students,” public schools could reopen soon—but the Chief Academic Officer Brannon Gaskins throngs of football fans in town last weeksaid. “What we’ve continued to work and end might have other ideas. struggle with is the level of engagement “For the first time in a while, I’m pleased of all students. We’ve noticed that engageto report Nurse Amy has some good numment goes down after lunch, and we are bers to report to you guys,” CCSD Director of Nursing Amy Roark told school board members at an Oct. 1 work session.

“Our numbers are trending down in Clarke County, as everyone is aware, and I am personally optimistic that they will continue to do so.”

As of last Thursday, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported that Clarke County had 217 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days. One metric for schools to reopen, starting with kindergarten through second grade, is 175 cases per 100,000 in a 14-day window.

In addition, UGA reported a third straight week of declining cases, with 63 for the week of Sept. 21. Those numbers were backed up by a drop in the quantity of virus measured Stay classy, football fans. in Athens wastewater. (Read the full story by Jessica Luton at flagpole.com.) continuing to try to keep our middle school However, Roark cautioned that there are and high school students consistently still potential pitfalls, including the looming engaged.” [Blake Aued] flu season and home football games. The White House Coronavirus Task Force still lists colleges and universities as a major Demanding that the University of concern in Georgia. An announced crowd Georgia acknowledge the racism expeof 20,524 mostly maskless and sporadically rienced by its students and calling for socially distanced fans gathered at Sanford changes in the criminal justice system, Stadium for the Auburn game (see p. 11), but the crowd appeared larger on television. more than 100 UGA students and Athens community memFans also packed bers marched down into downtown bars Our numbers are trending Milledge Avenue on while flouting the Friday, Oct. 2. local mask ordinance, down in Clarke County, A few protesters as photographer as everyone is aware, and I am drove cars emblaWhitley Carpenter documented on flagpersonally optimistic that they zoned with “Abolish the police” and pole.com.

“Black lives matter” Roark said she will will continue to do so. messages on their continue to monitor COVID-19 cases, as well as other indicators, windows while the rest walked or skateboarded. The protest was organized by the such as the availability of hospital beds. same group of students that led a protest Interim Superintendent Xernona Thomas at the UGA Arch and through downtown said she will recommend a reopening date Athens in late September. at the school board’s Oct. 8 meeting.

The protesters’ list of demands were Ideally, schools will fully reopen for similar to those of their last protest— five days a week, Thomas said, because a reforming the UGA Equal Opportunity hybrid online/in-person model presents Office, shifting funds away from the challenges. For example, CCSD would need Athens-Clarke County Police Department buses both to carry students and to deliver toward other community resources and meals to those learning at home. “It’s like a web,” she said. “When you flick it, there’s so giving scholarships to Black descendants of slaves—but the abolition of Greek life and many pieces that move.”

In addition, despite best efforts, distance implementation of student participation in the appointment of UGA’s presidents were learning has not been entirely successful. added to the list.

Chromebooks and internet hotspots are “There are so many swaths of the UGA still on back order, and not all students are population that administration flippantly fully engaged.

ignores,” said student organizer Hayes Taylor, referring both to UGA’s lack of action regarding a racist Lambda Chi Alpha group chat directed at a Black female student, and white individuals’ hacking of a Hispanic Student Association Zoom call to spew derogatory phrases, to reference two recent incidents.

The organizers chose to go down Milledge Avenue after an altercation at their last protest in September, when a protester motioned for a group of white, college-aged men sitting in the back of a truck to raise their fists in solidarity. The protesters went past UGA fraternity and sorority houses in the hopes of “making Black Lives Matter and the issues we’re trying to deal

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with real to predominantly white Greek-life people,” Taylor said.

Taking part in the protest after being on the receiving end of racist comments and threats herself, Arianna Mbunwe, a vocal UGA student with a large following on Twitter, said she hopes the protest made Greek-life members “uncomfortable” by

bringing attention to the issue of systemic racism.

“It felt really good to march down Milledge and demand justice for people who probably haven’t talked about what happened when they were in Greek life or who have been victimized by Greek life,” Mbunwe said. “UGA needs to take a hard look at itself and ask, ‘Is this who we strive to be? Is this the Georgia way?’”

The protest continued all the way down to Five Points, with ACCPD officers camping out on side streets and circling around the area. Police officers gave traffic tickets to at least four protesters, including Zachary Perry, who’s running in the Georgia State Senate District 46 race to unseat incumbent Republican Bill Cowsert.

“Athens has a long history of systemic racism and the university, as well as the local government, turning a blind eye to systemic racism,” said Perry, who was cycling between the front and back of the protest and directing traffic. “Thankfully, we’re getting a more progressive local government, but the university still refuses to acknowledge its history with racism, slavery and the current reality of racism on campus.”

Leading the car caravan through traffic at the start of the protest, ACC Commissioner Mariah Parker was pulled over by ACCPD and given a ticket for driving in a turning lane as the protest wrapped up. In regard to the other drivers pulled over during the protest, Parker said ACCPD will “pull people over for literally anything,” as the officers are “looking for blood, trying to make their quotas [and] trying to feed their egos.”

Although the protest was planned beforehand, it came on the heels of a viral Twitter video showing a Black UGA student being forcefully detained. Police used a stun gun on student London Best, who had been involved in a verbal altercation with a bouncer at a downtown bar, according to a police report. It appeared in the video that Breed was complying with police when he was electroshocked, and it drew condemnation from thousands of people online, including Parker. [Tyler Wilkins] f

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A New Sheriff in Town AFTER UNSEATING IRA EDWARDS, JOHN Q. WILLIAMS FACES ROBERT HARE

By Chris Dowd news@flagpole.com

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espite being outspent three-to-one, Athens-Clarke County police Sgt. John Q. Williams managed to defeat incumbent Sheriff Ira Edwards in the Democratic primary this year, ensuring that Athens will have a new sheriff for the first time in 20 years. He’s facing Republican Robert Hare, a retired sheriff’s deputy, in the general election.

William’s margin of victory was razor-thin—under 400 votes. Even so, Williams sees his win as a mandate for change. During the campaign, he promised not to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement deport Athenians, refused to accept donations from bail bondsmen and laid out a plan to reform aspects of the sheriff’s office that have been poorly managed in recent years.

“It all starts with how you treat people, and I think that’s the most important thing: treating people with dignity and respect. We need to change the culture,” Williams said in an interview with Flagpole.

A recent audit of the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office found that deputies have been struggling with low morale caused in part by long hours and understaffing.

They’ve also complained about a culture of favoritism benefiting some deputies while most are kept in line with strict discipline and intimidation. Over half of employees said in a survey done for the audit that they feared retaliation from their supervisor if they reported a sensitive issue or concern.

Robert Hare Another major concern for deputies has been the department’s harsh sick leave policy, which requires a doctor’s note for every absence. Williams has pledged to end this policy while also rotating duties among deputies so that new hires aren’t the only ones doing the most exhausting and difficult work. Williams said he hopes that this will encourage new employees to stick around a little longer and eventually help lighten the load for everyone working there.

He’s also promised “unprecedented transparency” and

wants to welcome the community into the decision-making process as he pursues criminal justice reform.

But before he can get started on any of this, he’ll first have to defeat Hare, a nine-year veteran of the sheriff’s office. Like Williams, Hare has a plan to end the culture of favoritism and boost recruitment and retention of new depuJohn Q. Williams ties. Both candidates also oppose the “50/10 plan” put forward by commissioners Mariah Parker and Tim Denson to redirect police funding, but that’s where their similarities end.

Hare’s position on ICE, for example, is the exact opposite of Williams’. Instead of refusing to cooperate with ICE, Hare wants to strengthen ties with this federal agency through the 287(g) program. That would allow deputies to become immigration agents capable of transferring non-citizens into ICE custody.

In light of some shocking allegations about how immigrants have been treated recently by ICE, it’s perhaps no surprise that 287(g) has been strongly criticized by immigrant groups such as the Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition. Williams joins them in criticism, saying that enrolling in 287(g) would be “immoral” and “counterproductive to the goal of making our community safer.”

Despite their agreement that police should be well-funded, Hare and Williams have a sharp disagreement on the current countrywide protests against police brutality and what they mean for the Athens community. Hare envisions a dystopian future in which the police department has been destroyed through defunding, allowing crime to spread and protesters to enact mob rule.

Hare said that the ACC Police Department is “under the thumb of the mayor and commission” in a local gov-

ernment “run amuck.” He places blame on the progressive organization Athens for Everyone and accuses Williams of being a member.

“If A4E is successful in bringing down the police department, it will be my job as sheriff to step in and protect the community,” Hare said over social media, where he uses the hashtag #SaveAthens. “Mariah Parker, Tim Denson, [commissioner-elect] Jesse Houle and John Q. Williams cannot do this to our community.”

Williams has worked at ACCPD since 2007, first in the communications division, then as a patrol officer and detective and most recently as an instructor with the ACCPD Career Development and Training Unit.

Williams is not a member of A4E and said he disagrees with some of their positions. “But you have to be able to work with people with different ideas,” Williams said. “We need people who challenge the status quo. Sometimes they will bring something new to the table, and it will be the thing that works. The divisive nature of a lot of the rhetoric that’s going around is not going to help Clarke County.”

Williams wants to work as sheriff in collaboration with the ACC police department and the rest of the local government. He said that Hare has misrepresented his record of service and his position on the 50/10 Plan.

Hare had to take a short break from campaigning recently after contracting COVID-19. He went into quarantine after holding several campaign events in which he appeared in photos not wearing a mask and in close proximity to other members of the Athens GOP. He’s back at it now, saying he feels fine and is ready to push hard to make up for lost time.

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One long-ago summer, I taught a political Constitution was constantly evoked as if it science course at UGA and tutored some were actually a living document after all. football players in the same subject at Now, suddenly we’re trying to undernight. Most of the players were from the stand the order of succession if the head of Pennsylvania coal fields, an old UGA trathe executive becomes incapacitated and dition when so many homegrown football how his inability to continue would affect players, regardless how talented, could not the imminent election. be signed because of their skin color.

I explained to those football players the The course covered the structure of govfundamental right of voting, which is such ernment, and it was kind of like teaching a ho-hum deal that half the country doesn’t architecture or geometry. You had the three bother, but they would have been shocked branches of government—the executive, to find out that their votes might not get the legislative and the judicial—and there counted, might not get delivered, might be were checks and balances to make sure changed by Russian bots. one branch didn’t dominate the other, 3 BRANCHES of U.S. GOVERNMENT and it was all based on the Constitution, written by a bunch of white men in a room Constitution (provided a separation of powers) in Philadelphia in ancient times. It was all really abstract.

We didn’t hear much about the government in real life. We might get excited Judicial Legislative Executive during presidential (interprets laws) (makes laws) (carries out laws) elections, but otherwise, there was no Supreme Court Congress President 24-hour cable news Other cycle, no Facebook, Senate Vice President Federal Courts no email appeals for House of Cabinet campaign funds. You Representatives just had a vague idea that the government Brought to you by was up there in Washington, and you kind Those guys I tutored were accustomed to of knew what it did, but who cared?

Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, My job was to make them care enough and they were just becoming acquainted to be able to pass the course. That was espe- with Lyndon B. Johnson; Richard M. cially difficult for the football players, who Nixon was yet to come. How could I have were sent there to help them keep their explained Donald J. Trump to them? How grades up for football. They were not intercould I have prepared them for the effects ested in the government. How could I blame of a president ignorant of the Constitution them, since hardly anybody else was? I can who disrupts the impartiality of the judisee in retrospect ciary, intimidates that I should have branch of We didn’t hear much about one grabbed some chalk Congress and ignores the government in real life. the other, fills the and diagrammed the government like a executive branch football play, but I didn’t think of it. All I with cronies without the advice and consent remember is their blank stares as I tried to of the Senate, ignores a worldwide panpump some excitement into the separation demic, denies climate change, encourages of powers. racial division, exacerbates income disparI hadn’t realized yet that I was never ities, undermines our elections, lies congoing to make a political science teacher, stantly, attacks the free press, consorts with but I think maybe the realization began despots, uses the government to enrich during those summer nights when I wished his family, denigrates our military, attacks just as hard as the players that we were our allies, cancels treaties, criminalizes somewhere else, talking about other things immigration, despoils our natural resources with other people. I heard later that they all and encourages through his own example got good enough grades to remain eligible, the decline of civil discourse and the rise of so there’s that. boorishness and bullying in our public life.

These days, I think how exciting it must Teaching political science must be a lot be to teach political science. Our news all more exciting these days since the separaday, every day, is dominated nonstop by the tion of powers, the emolument clause, the government and especially by the head of powers of the executive, etc. fill everyday the executive branch. He is manipulating conversation and the Electoral College is the members of the legislative branch to no longer assumed to play football. On the appoint a member of the judicial branch. other hand, poli-sci profs have to take into Members of the legislative branch not consideration that some of their students too long ago impeached the head of the are armed—another argument for virtual executive branch. During that process, the learning. f

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PANEL RE-EXAMINES RACIST CAMPUS NAMESAKES LIKE HENRY GRADY

By Ross Williams news@flagpole.com

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ith the need to make amends for racial injustices old and new getting a public reckoning, a group responsible for reviewing the origin of names of Georgia’s college buildings is preparing to recommend changes early next year.

A group of historians led by Civil War author Lisa Tendrich Frank is going through a list of names of buildings and colleges around the state to find out more about their eponyms. The researchers are poring over old books, alumni magazines and obituaries to get a sense of the people honored with the buildings’ names.

“A lot of the buildings are named after Georgia politicians or prominent families.

Those are very easy to get information on,” Frank said at a call-in meeting of the University System of Georgia’s Naming Advisory Group. “When they named it after a professor—I’ve been doing a lot of the Georgia Tech ones today—some of the ones named after math professors or chemistry professors, that requires more digging.”

When they are done, the historians will present their findings to the advisory group, which includes Albany State University President Marion Fredrick, Chick-fil-A executive Michael Patrick, retired Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Herbert Phipps, University of Georgia Foundation Vice Chairman Neal Quirk and Sally Wallace, dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. The advisory group plans to look at the information provided by the historians and make recommendations about whether name changes are warranted. The advisory group started with a list of 3,000 buildings across the state and is quickly whittling the list down.

The advisory group began its work in July as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protests over the violent deaths of Black citizens. Americans are increasingly questioning the morality of displaying monuments to Confederate officers or to politicians who supported segregation and other racist policies.

Focusing on UGA’s Grady College The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is drawing a groundswell of pressure to change its name so that it no longer honors a segregationist. A petition started by a Grady alum to rename the school after Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first Black woman to attend UGA, has received more than 9,000 signatures.

Hunter-Gault is a Grady graduate and an award-winning journalist.

The school’s current namesake, Henry Grady, was also a celebrated journalist. He is credited with coining the phrase “New South” and helping to move Georgia’s post-Reconstruction economy away from agrarianism and toward industrialism, bringing about major economic growth.

Other institutions have also been named after Grady, including Henry Grady High School and Grady Hospital, both in Atlanta,

where a statue of the man stands on Marietta Street. But Grady also professed white supremacist beliefs, declaring in 1888 that “the supremacy of the white race of the South must be maintained forever, and the domination of the negro race resisted at all points and at all hazards, because the white race is the superior race.”

Kimberly Davis of Athens is one of the petition’s signers. She earned her masters degree from Grady College in 2008, but it was not until she had already graduated that she learned about Grady’s racist beliefs.

spaces, people feel a greater connection to those spaces, and I think the University of Georgia would greatly benefit from that for generations to come.”

So let’s find a way as we move forward to address the imbalance by consciously looking at Black Georgians and people of other ethnicities.”

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Other Grady grads feel differently. Henry Grady’s words and beliefs are indefensible, said Brian Robinson, former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Nathan Deal and owner of an Atlanta communications firm, but they should not necessarily be grounds for a name change.

“The legacy of slavery and segregation and human rights abuses are part of our history, but we shouldn’t fall into the trap that that is the only prism through which we should view our history,” he said. “In the 1880s, you would be hard-pressed if you could get in a time machine and go back and speak with the leaders of the state or regular white citizens of the state. It would

The call for change comes as UGA is facing increased criticism from Black and Hispanic students over discrimination complaints.

The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at UGA voluntarily suspended operations in September after screenshots of misogynistic, racist and homophobic chat messages were posted online. UGA junior Arianna Mbunwe, the target of those messages, later posted to Twitter an email from the school’s Equal Opportunity Office responding to her complaint by asking her to answer for her own tweets criticizing all-white sororities and UGA President Jere Morehead.

Such incidents are not rare, according to UGA Black Student Union Chairman Joshua Patton. “While our country is stricken with blatant racial injustice, police brutality, economic disparity and other forms of oppression, we would like to think that our university would be a place where all students can be accepted, but we have continuously been shown that this will not be the case anytime soon,” Patton wrote in a statement following the incident.

Former Bulldogs football player Otis Reese, who transferred to Ole Miss in January, said in a statement last month that his year and a half at UGA “took a devastating mental toll” because of racial abuse. Reese described aggressive confrontations with police officers, and racial slurs and other abuse from white student-athletes.

“I didn’t want to be part of a campus where my classmates held that kind of hate in their hearts,” Reese wrote. “None of these things were ever addressed by the coaches at UGA. There was literally nobody to speak to about these types of things without having fear of losing your position on the team.”

University spokesman Greg Trevor said UGA has long been committed to fostering diversity and inclusion and has announced programs in recent months to further those goals. These include a Presidential Task Force on Race, Ethnicity and Community launched by Morehead in August with the goal of improving campus culture.

Morehead also charged a separate committee to develop a comprehensive plan to build on its most recent diversity plan. The university also offers year-round workshops and grants to help underrepresented groups start and succeed in college, as well as tutoring and mentoring through the USG’s African American Male Initiative. Over the summer, UGA created 528 endowed, needbased scholarships through its Georgia Commitment Scholarship program.

“This strong foundation, coupled with a commitment to building on past successes has earned UGA the INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award,” Trevor said. “The HEED Award is the only national recognition honoring colleges and universities that exhibit outstanding efforts and success in the area of diversity and inclusion, and 2020 marks the seventh consecutive year UGA has received it.” f

The Grady College is housed in the Journalism Building on South Campus.

“I was not surprised, but I was shocked that I had not heard these things before,” she said. “I also was really cognizant of the fact that there are a lot of buildings on the University of Georgia’s campus, not just buildings, but names, that would make it a place that is not welcoming, particularly to Black people like me. And I couldn’t imagine walking onto that campus every day and seeing all of the names that represent slaveholders, white supremacy, et cetera.”

One group of alumni created a list of 18 buildings they say were named after slave owners or segregationists. Changing those names would make the university a lot more welcoming, Davis said. The university is planning a celebration of the 60th anniversary of its integration next February.

That would be a great occasion to rename the Grady School the Charlayne HunterGault School, Davis said.

“I think it would mean a lot, not just to the students, but also to the workers on campus who are there every day, year after year, and also to this community. I live in Athens. I’m a fourth-generation, native Athenian. My parents met at the University of Georgia. If it wasn’t for Charlayne Hunter-Gault integrating, I wouldn’t be here.”

Last February the university renamed its College of Education after Mary Frances Early, another UGA Black pioneer. “Names are important; spaces are important,” Davis said. “And when you integrate those

be hard to find people who didn’t hold racist views. They were part of the culture.”

Robinson has told members of the advisory group that consideration should be given to why the building was named after the person.

“We should judge the people we have honored on the standard of, ‘Why do we honor them?’” he said. “Do we honor them because they were segregationists, because they were staunch defenders of slavery?

Because they were outspokenly racist? Is that their claim to fame? That they were the most extreme in defense of Jim Crow and white supremacy? I think if that is why we honored them, then those are the people whose historical honors should be taken away, and I think we’re already beginning that process.”

Robinson said he would love to see something on campus named after HunterGault, as well as other Georgia leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young and John Lewis, but the board should take a nuanced approach. [The former Academic Building on North Campus has been renamed for Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes.]

“I believe the move toward reconciliation is less about subtraction than it is about addition,” he said. “What I would say to students is, you deserve to have, in your daily walk around campus, places, things that honor the great Georgians who look like you. That needs to be part of our tableau.

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Years in the making, the new Bulldog Bike Share is now live on the UGA campus. The bikeshare features a fleet of electric pedal-assist bicycles accessible from 22 hubs across campus, reaching to the Health Sciences Campus in Normaltown and the Park and Ride off College Station, which now leads directly into campus via the East Campus Connector Bridge.

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Electric pedal-assist bikes do not have a throttle like a motorcycle. Rather, riders must start pedaling for the motor to kick in, and from there the setting can be adjusted to determine how much help the bike’s electric motor gives. Compared to riding a regular bike up the Athens hills, it feels like you have rocket boosters.

The bikeshare is a partnership between UGA Transportation and Parking Services and the Office of Sustainability. According to Public Relations Manager Rebecca Beeler, “Our goal with introducing the bikeshare system was to expand alternative transportation options on campus and provide our students, faculty, staff and visitors with more choices for navigating campus.”

Anyone with a smartphone can download the Gotcha Mobility app for iOS or Android, create an account, scan the bike and ride anywhere within the service area (a map is available at tps.uga.edu/bulldogbikeshare). It costs $2 to unlock and 10 cents per minute of ride time. The bikes, which are GPS-enabled, must be returned to one of the hubs, but can be ridden fairly far from campus without incurring the $50 out-of-system fee. Bulldog Bike Share also offers monthly and annual subscription options, and these come with a free helmet that riders get to keep.

In the college-town dance, sometimes the university takes the lead, and the Athens-Clarke County government can decide whether or not to follow. In this

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case, Scott Long, executive director of BikeAthens, thinks that ACC will want to follow, once people experience the pedal-assist bikes for themselves.

“The great thing for our local government is the university has already done the due diligence to select the best company to deliver the service,” Long says. “It is a ton of work for municipalities to start from scratch to select a bikeshare vendor.”

Commissioner-elect Carol Myers, chair of Athens in Motion, the group that designed Athens’ bike/pedestrian master plan, also believes that people will come to value the bikes—and thus support better bike infrastructure—once they try them. “Electricassist bikes basically take the hills and sweating away from your bike-riding experience—just what we need in this hilly and summer hot community,” Myers says.

She is an avid cyclist herself, and purchased an e-bike last year to replace her car, not her road bike. Myers noted that a community-wide e-bike-share program was part of her campaign platform, along with moving forward with the Athens in Motion plan.

The Athens in Motion master plan takes an extensive look at bike and pedestrian infrastructure. The plan, approved in October 2018, puts forth proposals for expanding sidewalks, bike lanes and paths, and other improvements to increase access and safety across Athens-Clarke County.

The next challenge is ensuring funding, and infrastructure projects are more expensive than many people realize. Athens-Clarke County did pass the Transportation Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) in 2017, and part of the needed funding for the bike/ pedestrian proposals will come from that.

“When people start to use the bike share more and more, like I have seen in other cities I’ve been to, you will start to see more demand for better infrastructure,” Long says. More demand means projects are more likely to get the funding they need.

For many, it’s a choice to leave the car keys in favor of a more environmentallyand health-friendly alternative. For a lot of other community members, though, it isn’t a choice, whether that’s due to having only one car in the family, the cost of driving, losing a license or other reasons. Bikes, walking and maybe the bus are the only options. The more safe and wide-reaching bike options there are, the better it is for the health and well-being of our whole community. f

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Hey, Bonita, I am 23 and gay and have been single for almost a couple years now. I went through a super rough breakup after thinking I’d found the love of my life. I needed time off from dating afterward because the breakup was ugly, and we blocked each other on everything from Bitmoji to Venmo. Since then, I’ve been living for myself. I busted ass, graduated from UGA with honors and somehow in this economy managed to land a dream job. The job is in a city within a half-day drive, the same city where my ex lived (long-ish distance relationship). No big deal, right? But as I was online apartment-hunting in advance this morning, I fell in love with this one cozy place. Perfect price range, accommodations, everything. I looked up the street view on Google Maps, and the church across the street looked familiar from past trips. Long story short, this dream apartment is a quarter mile or five minute walk from where my ex lives (or did last I talked to him, in spring 2019).

I was told that he’s got another boyfriend now. I really hope he lives happily ever after. I also genuinely don’t want him to see or hear about me and what I’m up to ever again, or at least for years. I built so much self-control training myself not to think about him or look him up, because for a while he was that one ex everybody has who you think you’ll never get over.

I harbor no resentment or malice toward him, but I needed to erase as many traces of him from my life and memory as possible. If it were someplace across town or a couple miles away, I wouldn’t be writing this.

My ex is one of a few hundred thousand people in that town, and I know that avoiding living arrangements because he might at some point be within line of sight is nonsensical and melodramatic. But I’ve never seen a situation quite like this before, unless you count Hallmark movies. Any insights? How close to an ex is too close, or should I just force myself not to care?

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Hey, Overthinking, I think it’s fine to require physical distance between yourself and a particularly triggering ex, but not at the cost of your own prosperity. Your star is clearly rising right now, and the universe dropped your dream place in your lap. Your ex’s possible proximity to this place shouldn’t be a factor.

You don’t even know if he still lives in the area, but I totally understand your concern.

I still dread driving by the house where a disastrous old fling and I boned for the first time, but it’s just a house. I groan, roll my eyes, and continue about my day because what’s done is done, and I can’t change the past.

You haven’t dated since this guy, and it’s been two years. I know you had grad school to focus on, but it seems to me that you might still have some processing to do to be at peace with this breakup and the effect it had on you. I’ve been in your exact same position

before—still am, to a degree. I still can’t get past the idea that I was vulnerable with someone and showed them the truth of me, and they looked at that and said, “Ew, no thanks.” Well, that’s not what was said to me at all, but that’s how it felt, so that’s how my mind has interpreted that rejection, and it still impedes my ability to make that same offer to others. I think you might be experiencing something similar.

My therapist and I waste a lot of time on this topic, but this is the hard work that’s gonna get me closer to my best self.

There is such a thing as “too close” to an ex, but this isn’t it. I’d be worried if you wanted to start socializing at his favorite bar or join his bowling league. I say lock down this dream rental while you still can.

It’s over; it’s done. You’ve moved on beautifully with your life. Continue to do so. f Need advice? Email advice@flagpole.com or use our anonymous online form at flagpole.com/ get-advice.

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Faced with a quickly mounting crisis in those early days of the pandemic, the ACC government worked with the ACCA and its wide network of volunteers to help manage the distribution of food through the Meals on Wheels program, a free food-delivery service previously available solely to seniors. Thanks to funding from the federal CARES Act, the ACCA has eliminated the age requirement and is offering to help anyone in need with packaged meals and grocery bags, as well as vouchers to purchase fresh produce at the Athens Farmers Market. ACCA Executive Director Eve Anthony says that the number of clients served by Meals on Wheels has jumped from 200 pre-COVID to more than 2,000 six months later. Anthony expects the number will continue to climb as the pandemic wears on.

Pre-COVID, Meals on Wheels was organized out of the ACCA office in the old depot off College Avenue, but the dramatic increase in demand required new space, leading Anthony to explore other avenues. Enter Daniel Epting of the catering company Epting Events, who early in the crisis wrote letters to the county and several organizations to volunteer help. Working with ACCA and the county, Epting offered the use of the Cotton Press, the company’s event facility now on hiatus due to the crisis, as a point of distribution to handle the huge increase in volume. Epting’s staff is now preparing food for Meals on Wheels clients as well.

Using a combination of federal and county funds, Athens-Clarke County Manager Blaine Williams says Athens Eats Together can serve up to 10,000 people through the end of January.

Stephen Bailey, the county’s assistant director of public works, is leading the county’s efforts. He says Athens Eats Together works on three fronts: direct food assistance; help signing up for the SNAP (food stamps) and WIC (nutrition

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starting work the first week of March, are busy introducing their communities to the new benefits. The Neighborhood Leaders program was the first component implemented in ACC’s $5 million “Prosperity Package,” with the establishment of 16 Prosperity Zones corresponding to the areas served by local elementary schools. Shawanda Johnson, Winterville’s neighborhood leader, says she delivers food to about 150 residents and helps them complete forms for unemployment insurance, food stamps and the school district’s application for food delivery.

The Athens Area Food Bank continues to accept donations of food at its 640 Barber St. location. The organization’s director, Kim Ramos, says that all canned, fresh or frozen food is welcome. She is concerned that the annual Can-a-Thon donation drive, normally operated in area schools, has been canceled this year, which may lead to shortages in 2021. The drive is essential to the organization’s mission, bringing in 15 tons of food each year, or roughly half of the food necessary to serve the 50 families that use the food bank each week. Ramos says she has seen many Athenians contributing their federal stimulus checks to the organization.

The Clarke County School District is continuing to implement the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded National School Lunch program, which normally provides free breakfast and lunch to children at their schools. Since schools are currently closed, students can now receive deliveries by school bus at their usual bus stops, or parents can pick up meals curbside 10:30–noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Clarke Middle, Hilsman Middle or Whitehead Road Elementary. As of the end of August, the district had delivered more than 832,000 meals. For more information, visit clarke.k12.ga.us. f

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I have mixed feelings about Georgia’s 27-6 victory over Auburn Saturday in Athens. It has me loving the Dawgs but hating a lot of Dawg fans.

On the one hand, the Dawgs whipped the dog crap out of Auburn, as Tigers coach Gus Malzahn would say. In retrospect, that shouldn’t be a surprise.

Georgia has won the last four meetings and 13 of the last 16. As Georgia fan Andrew Hall said on Twitter, this wasn’t a competitive game because it’s not a competitive series.

The big takeaway is that Stetson Bennett IV is your new QB1. The former walk-on passed for 240 yards and a touchdown and completed 60% of his passes. Kearis Jackson was a particularly effective target, hauling in nine catches for 147 yards. Bennett left some plays out there on the field, but he was solid enough to put away any doubt that he’s our starter. It’s a meteoric rise for a dude who walked on, transferred to a junior college to get playing time, transferred back and began the preseason as the fifth-string quarterback.

The game was won in the trenches, both offensively and defensively. The offensive line wasn’t up to the standard we’ve come to expect last week against Arkansas, but something clicked this week. The Georgia line bullied Auburn’s

defensive front and allowed us to rack up 202 rushing yards and two rushing scores, both from Zamir White.

Georgia’s defensive front was just as dominant, limiting the Auburn run game to just 39 yards on 22 carries. The edge rushers also made life hell for Tigers quarterback Bo Nix, who wasn’t able to get comfortable in the pocket all night. The Dawgs finished the game with three sacks, one from Azeez Ojulari and two from Adam Anderson. Nix will have Dawgs chasing him in his dreams for the next week.

On the other hand, Georgia fans look like a bunch of idiots right now. The announced attendance was 20,524, but it seemed like a lot more. Perhaps that’s because, from

my view on the couch, it seemed like the fans were concentrated in the lower bowl instead of evenly dispersed throughout all three tiers of the stadium.

I don’t know whether the folks who went to the game don’t believe in COVID, believe themselves impervious to the virus or think that some social distancing makes them

safe, not just safer. But we’re a laughing stock to pretty much anyone with a brain.

The crowd shots shown during the broadcast were not flattering. It didn’t appear that social distancing was being followed, and there was nary a mask in sight. To be fair, some folks at the game said that camera angles were making it seem like fans were closer together than they actually were, and that there were more folks in masks than what was shown on television.

This may well be true, but that doesn’t change the fact that NO ONE SHOULD BE AT THE GAME. The dearth of social distancing and masks were concentrated in the student section, but I have a hard time blaming them. They’re only a step up from children and have essentially been told, if they want to go to Georgia, they’re gonna get COVID. But others in that stadium were adults with fully developed brains.

There are no excuses for them. Be better and sit your ass at home.

Nor is there an excuse for UGA President Jere Morehead, Athletic Director Greg McGarity, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey or NCAA President Mark Emmert, the real villains in this story. They’re the folks with the actual power to keep people from the games, and they all lacked the courage or intelligence to say this shouldn’t happen.

I’m really going to try not to be a scold about COVID stuff this entire season. I tire of it as much as anyone else. Dawg fans are my people. Folks I know and love were at Sanford on Saturday night. I don’t want to have to talk smack about them. I’d much rather spend my time crapping on Auburn, Tennessee or Florida. But when I see a smartass wearing a dog cone instead of a mask during a pandemic, I understand why the rest of the world thinks we’re all slack-jawed cretins. f

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in place instead of marching through the streets of downtown this year, the Wild Rumpus Halloween Parade & Spectacle has pivoted its energy into creating safe and engaging experiences nonetheless. An online auction and Halloween TV special are coming down the line, but for now, enjoy the “Wild Rumpus Virtual Art Show,” hosted by tiny ATH gallery. In addition to Sarah Flinn—whose painting, “Worm Forest,” appears on the cover of Flagpole this week—the show includes pieces interpreting the theme “Magical” by Sam Balling, Stefan Eberhart, Will Eskridge, Laura Floyd, David Noah, Lois Songster, Valley StipeMaas, Sam Watson, Jacob Wenzka and many more. The gallery will arrange pickups for purchased artworks, and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Wild Rumpus, Food2Kids and tiny ATH. Visit tinyathgallery.com before the end of October to see the whole collection.

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val’s 20th anniversary, have been removed and retouched. The panels are currently available for purchase by bidding through an online auction at biddingowl.com/ DavidHaleMural that closes Oct. 10 at midnight. In place of “Birdsong,” Hale will create a new mural called “Hope” to celebrate the festival’s 25th year.

ACAC REC: The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission has released its public art until next year due to the pandemic, the galand public history recommendations to lery has launched a series of “Pottery Pop-up the UGA Presidential Task Force on Race, Sales” in its place to spotlight regional Ethnicity and Community as an open ceramicists. The in-person series kicked off statement. Announced by President Jere mid-September with Sheryl Holstein, Barry Morehead in July, the task force is charged Gregg, Triny Cline and Jen Graff and is curwith developing inirently showcasing its tiatives and actions second installment that will help foster of works by Kathryn a more inclusive and Gould, Douglas supportive environTobin, Kathy King ment for Black and and Jim Bridgeman other underreprethrough Oct. 10. The sented members on lineup continues campus. Morehead with Martha Cook, has committed $1 Marise Fransolino, million of private Glenn Dair and Tom resources from Homann Oct. 13–24; the UGA Athletic The Chappelles, Association for Adrina Richard, actionable recomKathy Phelps and mendations that Cindy Angliss Oct. can be implemented 27–Nov. 7 and Nancy during the academic Green, Juana Gnecco, year, which coincides Minsoo Yuh and with the 60th anniTripti Yoganathan versary of desegregaNov. 10–21. tion at UGA. Following a string As advocates and of virtual shows, experts on public OCAF’s first official art and creative exhibition since placemaking, the reopening to the pubACAC focuses its lic will be “Romancing “The Magician’s Nap” by Sam Balling in the Wild Rumpus Virtual Art Show recommendations on the Coast,” a collecaddressing how the tion of paintings and With this past summer’s AthFest Music university’s current historical markers and photographs by Alice Pruitt, Anna Desio, & Arts Festival canceled and the upcoming public art signifiers contribute to a narrow Celia Brooks, John Weber, Karl Enter and AthHalf Half Marathon being held virtuhistory that ignores the institution’s own Harold Enter. An opening reception will be ally this month, it’s fortunate that local white supremacy. The recommendation held on Oct. 9 from 6–9 p.m. with reserillustrator and tattoo artist David Hale has calls for $250,000 to commission three new vations recommended, and the show will devised a new way to fundraise for AthFest public artworks and $40,000 to recontexturemain on view until Nov. 13 with multiple Educates. The 20 Georgia songbird panels alize existing markers in order to establish a artist talks along the way. OCAF’s hours are that comprise “Birdsong,” a mural made by more inclusive and accurate narrative. Read Tuesdays–Saturdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Visit Hale in 2016 to commemorate the festithe full recommendation at flagpole.com. f ocaf.com for event details.

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Capone may be 5 years old and a chunky boy, but that doesn’t stop him from running after squeaky toys! He also loves back scratches and leisurely walks outdoors, so give him a chance, you’ll definitely be in for a treat!

Lola (53972)

Lola’s a lovely pup! She’s housetrained, knows basic commands and enjoys running around outside. She may need a little work with her leash skills, but with her eager spirit, we’re sure Lola can improve!

These pets and many others are available for adoption at:

Athens-Clarke County Animal Control 125 Buddy Christian Way · 706-613-3540 Call for appointment

W e a v e r D ’s ! S e e k i n g an order filler and dishwasher. Open Tues.–Sat., 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Fill out an application after 2 p.m.

Restaurant experience preferred.

NOTICES MESSAGES Lost and found pets can be advertised in Flagpole classifieds for free. Call 706-549-0301 or email class@flagpole.com to return them home.

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bulletin board Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board is every THURSDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Art ARTIST-IN-ATHICA RESIDENCIES (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) Residencies provide administrative support, exhibition and performance facilities, and a small stipend. Artists may work in any or multiple disciplines and traditions, including but not limited to visual, curatorial, musical, performing, written, experimental, cinematic, digital and theatrical arts.

Residents can work independently or collaborate with others. Visit website for quarterly deadlines. www.athica. org/call-for-entries ATHENS CREATIVE DIRECTORY (Athens, GA) The ACD is a new platform to connect creatives with patrons. Visual artists, musicians, actors, writers and other creatives are encouraged to create a free listing (using a desktop computer) before the new website launches.

Make sure to include contact information, a description of work and an image. athenscreatives@gmail.com, athenscreatives.directory CALL FOR INTERNS (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: ATHICA) ATHICA is seeking interns interested in development, social media, music, poetry, photography and gallery operation. Minimum five hours a week. College credit is available in coordination with department of study. Rolling deadline. athica. org/updates/internships DEFIANCE AWARDS PROJECT (Morton Theatre) The Morton Theatre Corporation is accepting submissions for its new Defiance Awards Project, which will provide

up to 10 cash awards of $500 to Black artists to support the creation and exhibition of short films or studio art that explore the Black Lives Matter movement and everyday experiences of Blacks in America.

Deadline Oct. 31. board@morton theatre.com OPEN STUDIOS (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio members have access to spaces for painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, jewelry, fiber and woodworking. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $65/ month. nicholas.daglis@accgov.com

Classes DEDICATED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS (Online) Weekly Zoom meditations are offered every Saturday at 8 a.m. Email for details. jaseyjones@gmail.com F3 FREE MEN’S WORKOUT GROUP (UGA Intramural Fields Parking Deck) Bring your gloves and a buddy for a socially distanced workout. Saturdays, 7 a.m. www. f3classiccity.com FALL PROGRAM REGISTRATION (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services hosts a diverse selection of activities highlighting the arts, environmental science, recreation, sports and holiday events for adults and children.

In-person and virtual programs are offered. Rolling registration is offered Saturdays through Nov. 28 for classes beginning two weeks later. www.accgov.com/leisure MINDFULNESS PRACTICE EVENINGS (Online) Discuss and practice how to change your relationship with difficult thoughts and

art around town ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200) “Masked/Unmasked: Photographs by David Noah” is an online exhibition that features dual portraits and personal statements on mask-wearing from 70 individuals. Visit athica.org through Nov. 15.

CINÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “The New Americans” features pop art paintings

by Atlanta artist Blair LeBlanc. Through October.

CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) The Classic Gallery II presents “Inside/Outside,” an exhibition of works by Richard Botters, Melanie Epting, Nancy Everett, Richard Huston and Beth Richardson.

GALLERY AT HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Athens Facades” presents Mike Landers’ photographs of buildings at dark in downtown and Five Points between 2000–2002.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath in the Art of Rolland Golden.” Through Oct. 18. • “Carl Holty: Romantic Modernist” includes paintings and drawings that reflect the artist’s pursuit of modern art theory. Through Jan. 17. • Sarah Cameron Sunde’s “36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea” combines performance, video and public art to address climate change. Through Jan. 17. • “Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection” represents three generations of artists dating from the 1940s. Through Sept. 26, 2021.

KEMPT (175 N. Lumpkin St.) The Milan Art Institute presents a display of 20 or so recent works by the institute’s students. Through October.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Tony Cokes: Five Weeks” shares a different video by the conceptual artist each week. • In “Disarticulate Ground,” Annie Simpson alters roadside markers. • “OFFSIDES” is a collaborative exhibition between MFA candidate Luka Carter and New York-based artist Tomm Roeschlein. • In “The Persistence of Change,” MFA candidate Matthew Hoban uses stop motion, prints and sound to interrogate memory. All exhibitions run through Oct. 9.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (211 Hoyt St.) Andrew Zawacki’s “Waterfall Plot” pairs 20 black-and-white photographs with short poems from his latest

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emotions. Email for the Zoom link.

Second Friday of the month, 6–7 p.m. FREE! mfhealy@bellsouth.net OUTDOOR YOGA (Revolution Therapy and Yoga) Meg Brownstone will be leading an ongoing and socially-distanced outdoor yoga class where you can explore your own individual breath and movement through the lens of interdependence.

Sign up and pre-register online.

Sundays, 9:20–10:45 a.m. $10 suggested donation. www.revolution therapyandyoga.com SPANISH CLASSES (Athens, GA) For adults, couples and children.

Learn from experts with years of professional experience. Contact for details. 706-372-4349, marina bilbao75@gmail.com, marinaspain-2020.squarespace.com YAMUNA AND MORE (Elevate Athens, Online) Nia Holistic Fitness and Yamuna Body Rolling are held on an ongoing basis. $20/class.

Specialty classes range from selfcare to Yamuna foot fitness and more.www.elevateathens.com ZOOM YOGA (Online) Rev. Elizabeth Alder offers “Off the Floor Yoga” (chair and standing) on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and “Easy on the Mat” yoga classes on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. Ongoing classes are $5/class or $18/month. 706-612-8077, ommmever@yahoo.com

Events ANNUAL BIRDSEED SALE (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Order a variety of birdseed in multiple sizes and drive by the center to pick it up.

Delivery is available for senior

Sarah Cameron Sunde’s exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, “36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea,” combines performance, video and public art to address climate change. The exhibition features a cycle of four multi-channel videos from different locations, with a video from the Netherlands currently on view. citizens and those who need it. Oct. 23, 3:30–5:30 p.m. and Oct. 24, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. www.accgov.com/ sandycreeknaturecenter ATHENS FARMERS MARKET (Bishop Park) The market is open with safety precautions in place.

Wear a mask, pre-order when possible, keep your family home and use cashless payments. Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m. www.athensfarmers market.net ATHENS HAUNTED HISTORY WALKING TOURS (Downtown Athens) Join historian Jeff Clarke for a one-hour walking tour of local haunts. Advance reservations required. $15. 706-521-2556 BROWN MEDIA ARCHIVE EVENTS (Online) UGA Libraries celebrates the 25th anniversary of its special collections with events that highlight the Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards Collection’s contributions to media preservation, scholarship and filmmaking. Molly McGehee presents “Vienners’ at Odum’s: DeAundra Peek and the Atlanta Televisual Drag Scene” on Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Brown’s archivists and audiovisual technicians will share

poetry volume. • In the Lounge Gallery, view paintings by Kendall Rogers, the recipient of the LHAC Chice Award at the “45th Juried Exhibition.” • “Boundless” features works by Don Chambers, Derek Faust, Alex McClay, Katherine McCullough and Paula Reynaldi. • “The Art of Jeremy Ayers” celebrates the artist, lyricist, activist and beloved member of the community, who passed away in 2016. • Organized by Christina Foard, “Imagination Squared: Pathways to Resiliency” consists of over 1000 five-inch works created by students and community members. Sharing a theme of resiliency, the small works build a collective story of recovery and strength.

MADISON ARTISTS GUILD (125 W. Jefferson St., Madison) Bev Jones’ works in “Whispers of Tranquility” are inspired by experiences that jar her, as well as still moments, particularly when alone and immersed in nature.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Romancing the Coast” features works by Karl Enter, John Weber, Harold Enter, Anna Desio, Celia Brooks and Alice Pruitt. Opening reception Oct. 9, 6–9 p.m. (reservations required) Through Nov. 13.

STEFFEN THOMAS MUSEUM OF ART (4200 Bethany Rd., Buckhead) “Elements: Expressions in Wood, Metal and Stone” presents three-dimensional works by Steffen Thomas in a variety of media. Through Nov. 7. Visit steffenthomas.org for virtual panel discussions and artist demos.

TINY ATH GALLERY (174 Cleveland Ave.) “The Wild Rumpus Art Show” is a virtual exhibition with creative works interpreting this year’s Rumpus theme, “Magical.” Visit tinyathgallery.com through October. • “It’s Easier This Way”

by Eli Saragoussi shares an large-scale soft sculpture funded by a Shelter Projects fellowship through the Willson Center, as well as a collection of painted woodcut characters. Opening reception Oct. 9, 6–9 p.m. Artist talk on Instagram Live on Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Available by appointment through Oct. 22.

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” and “The Strategies of Suffrage: Mobilizing a Nation for Women’s Rights.” Visit digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/exhibits.

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their favorite videos in the archive on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Artist Keith Bennett will share B-52’s videos and tour footage from the ’70s and ’80s on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. Family Day on Oct. 17. Panel discussion with freelance filmmakers and footage archivists on Nov. 11, 7 p.m. www. facebook.com/BrownMediaArchives PeabodyAwardsCollection THE CALL ME ISHMAEL PHONE BOOK (Zoom) Logan Smalley (founding director of TED’s youth and education initiative, TED-Ed) and Stephanie Kent speak on their new book, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books. They will speak with Bertis Downs and Janet Geddis. Oct. 13, 7 p.m. events@ avidbookshop.com THE CRY BABY LOUNGE PRESENTS (Online) Eli Saragoussi hosts bimonthly shows using YouTube Premeire. Find The Cry Baby Lounge on Facebook. thecry babylounge@gmail.com, bit.ly/ TheCryBabyLounge ELEMENTS: EXPRESSIONS IN WOOD, METAL AND STONE (Steffan Thomas Museum of Art) This exhibition honors artist Steffen Thomas’ legacy by displaying some of his three-dimensional art alongside works by contemporary regional sculptors such as Len Brown, Roxane Hollosi, Carol Veliotis and more. A complementary series of panel discussions and artist demonstrations will be announced on the museum’s website and social media.

On view through Nov. 7. www.steffen thomas.org FLAGPOLE’S CRUISE DOWN SPOOKY STREET (Boulevard) Celebrate Halloween while “creepin’ it safe” with a tour of decorated homes around the Boulevard neighborhood! Register by Oct. 10 to have your home included in the tour and to qualify for prizes across various categories. Oct. 26–30, 6:30–9 p.m. $15/home. ads@flagpole.com, bit. ly/3naskiP HIKES (Multiple Locations) “Autumn Splendor: Lakeside Loop Trail” is planned at Sandy Creek Park for Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. “Full Moon Hike” is planned at Sandy Creek Nature Center on Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. www. accgov.com/leisure KUNSTMARKT: THE VIRTUAL HOLIDAY MARKET (Online) Originally designed to mimic a European holiday market, Kunstmarkt is an online series of events showcasing the work of local artists. Nov. 19–Jan. 2. www.steffenthomas.org LIVE JAZZ (Porterhouse Grill) Enjoy dinner and some smooth jazz.

Wednesdays, 6–9 p.m. www.porter houseathens.com LIVE WIRE SUMMER EVENTS (Live Wire Athens) Wedding Industry Happy Hour is held every Wednesday from 5–6 p.m. Games of darts are held every Wednesday from 5–10 p.m. Fresh Garden Jam with live jamming is held every Thursday from 5–10 p.m. Love Music Live Stream offers bands streamed from the main stage every Friday 5-10 p.m. www.livewireathens.com/ calendar MILES FOR MENTORSHIP (Athens, GA) The Clarke County Mentor Program presents a virtual run, walk or bike during the month of October. www.runsignup.com/Race/GA/ Virtual/MilesforMentorship MUSIC OF THE MOODY BLUES (Online) A tribute concert will be streamed live from the Harlequin Theatre & Cinema. A portion of proceeds will benefit the MadisonMorgan Cultural Center. Oct. 17, 3 p.m. $15. www.mmcc-arts.org/ event-list/go-now NOWHERE BAR LIVE (Online) Watch bands perform on stage through Facebook Live. www.nowherebarlive. com OCTOBER EVENTS (Southern Brewing Company) Monday Night Trivia every Monday at 6 p.m. Sunday Trivia with Solo Entertainment is held every Sunday at 5 p.m. www.sobrewco.com POTTERY POP UP SALE (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Pottery

by Kathryn Gould, Douglas Tobin, Kathy King and Jim Bridgeman will be offered through Oct. 10. Pottery

by Martha Cook, Marise Fransolino, Glenn Dair and Tom Homann will be offered Oct. 13–24. Every two weeks, four new regional artists will be featured. www.ocaf.com/events RIVERS ALIVE ATHENS (Multiple Locations) Wade into local rivers, lakes and streams as part of the continuing statewide campaign to clean and preserve over 70,000 miles of Georgia’s rivers and streams.

Register by Oct. 9. Event on Oct. 24, 9–11 a.m. athensrivers alive@gmail. com, www.accgov.com/riversalive ROMANCING THE COAST (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) The gallery reopens with works by Karl Enter, Harold Enter, John Weber, Anna Desio, Celia Brooks and Alice Pruitt. Opening reception Oct. 9, 6–9 p.m. Reservations encouraged.

Artist meet-and-greets will be held Saturdays, Oct. 17–Nov. 7. www. ocaf.com SAM BURCHFIELD & CICADA RHYTHM (Classic Center) Enjoy a socially distanced show in the

Kidstuff FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS (Sandy Creek Nature Center) “Critter Tales” is held Oct. 10 and Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. A Naturalist’s Walk is held Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. www.accgov.com/sandy creeknaturecenter SANTA AT THE MADISONMORGAN CULTURE CENTER Schedule a photo with Santa. Dec. 4 & 5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-342-4743, www.mmcc-arts.org

Support Groups ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT GROUP (Online) A safe and confidential space for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse to connect with and receive support from other survivors.

Mondays from 5:30–7 p.m. for 8 weeks starting Oct. 19. Please note the week of Thanksgiving will be skipped. Screenings are required to participate. 1-877-363-1912, www. northgeorgiacottage.org AL-ANON 12 STEP (Multiple Locations) Recovery for people affected by someone else’s drinking.

Visit the website for a calendar of electronic meetings held throughout the week. www.ga-al-anon.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call the AA hotline or visit the website for a schedule of meetings in Barrow, Clarke, Jackson and Oconee Counties. 706-389-4164, www. athensaa.org RECOVERY DHARMA (Recovery Dharma) This peer-led support group offers a Buddhist-inspired path to recovery from any addiction. Visit the website for info about Zoom meetings. Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensrecoverydharma.org SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (Athens, GA) (Email for Location) Athens Downtown SAA offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from a compulsive sexual behavior. www.athensdowntownsaa.com

On the Street ABSENTEE BALLOTS (Athens, GA) Registered voters can request an absentee ballot before Oct. 30 for the Nov. 3 election through the Georgia Secretary of State’s online portal at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov ACRONYM (Athens, GA) ACRONYM is a new website compiling COVID19 aid for Athens-based live music venues and artists. Check the website for updated listings on funding and financial opportunities, mental health guides, organizational support, community resources and more. Visit acroynym.rocks ATHHALF HALF MARATHON AND 5K (Athens, GA) This year’s race will be held in a virtual format. Proceeds benefit AthFest Educates. Register

by Oct. 23. $70 (half marathon), $30 (5K). Submit times by Oct. 25. www. athhalf.com THE MARIGOLD MARKET (Online) The Marigold Market aims to make fresh food easily accessible to the Eastside Athens and Winterville communities. The market is open online every week from Friday– Wednesday, and orders can be picked up every Saturday. www.cityof winterville.com/marigold-market MUSICIANS (AND FRIENDS) HEALTH CLINIC (Nuçi’s Space) In-person and telephone appointments are available on Oct. 12 & 26, and Nov. 2, 9 & 16. Open to anyone on a low income who is uninsured or under-insured. Call to book. 706227-1515 NATIVE PLANT SALE (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Connect to Protect plant sale will be held online. Schedule a plant pickup time. Through Oct. 27. botgarden. uga.edu/fall-native-plant-sale-events STEPS TO CONNECT CHALLENGE (Athens, GA) Family ConnectionCommunities in Schools Athens hosts a challenge during the month of September with three different mileage goals for walking, running or biking. $15–30/individual, $50/family. www.facebook.com/fccis athens TRASHERCISE (Athens, GA) Complete your own Trashercise workout by walking, jogging or running along, trails, roads and neighborhoods. Bring a bag, gloves or a grabber, and pick up any trash you see. Share photos through #trasherciseathens. Report your cleanup online, and Keep AthensClarke County Beautiful will send a prize. carlos.pinto@accgov.com, www.keepathensbeautiful.org, www. accgov.com/aahcleanupreport VIRTUAL LEISURE SERVICES (Online) A variety of activities are offered in arts, athletics, nature and recreation. www.accgov.com/ leisure f

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The Humms Release Vampire Hours PLUS, MORE MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP

By Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com UP ALL NIGHT: The long-awaited and, unfortunately, previously delayed new album Vampire Hours by The Humms is finally out now, a full decade after 2010’s Lemonland. As longtime fans will expect, it encompasses smokin’-n-kickin’ garage rockers (“Lady Low,” “Level With The Devil”), groovy and funky soul numbers (“Howl”) and tastes of tiki-tinged exotica (“Easy To Forget”). This album is a real expansion, though, and there’s a cinematic quality to the open-highway bliss and worry of tracks like “Blue Bite” and “Miss No One.” Similarly, the galloping charge and retreat of “P.G.P” is unlike anything they’ve done before. Most importantly, though, is the unbelievably tender and reflective “Forward Cue.” While not exactly a love song with discernible subjects, it’s very much a song on resolve/resignation with an ambivalent longing and, perhaps, a jaundiced eye towards any actual resolution. It’s just stunning. At least it stunned me. Vampire Hours is available both digitally and on vinyl.

Stream along and lay your money down at gypsyfarmrecords.bandcamp.com.

AUTUMN ATTIC FOR THE PEOPLE: Composer and author Grant Evans (Quiet Evenings, et al) has a new tape out via Los Angeles label Monorail Trespassing, and it’s called Albatross.

Described both creatively and accurately as Americana-concrète, this release scrapes along Evans’ familiar dark path of experimental doom but never crosses into brute coldness. It’s The Humms the sonic equivalent of a time-lapse film of a flower disintegrating and uses both the mechanical and organic in similar fashion. Dig it at monorailtrespassing.bandcamp.com.

KICK UP THE DUST: For a painfully long time it’s been unnec-

essary to actually listen to any band using the descriptor “doom metal” because it’s all been, basically, three Sabbath riffs played at half speed on the dark side of the moon and—whoopdeedoo!—right? So when the new two-song release from Sacred Bull crossed my desk, I was naturally a little apprehensive. Well, punky, I dove in anyway and learned these dudes are well versed in crafting legitimately interesting, spacey metal more than a little informed by 2000s instrumental rock. I’m more partial to the A-side here (“Creeping Serpent”) because it employs a much wider base of melody and dynamism than the flipside track (“Galvanic Battery”) but, hey, that’s why it’s the A-side, right? All in all, it’s a not bad slice of up-and-coming Athens metal. Sacred Bull also did a five-song EP last year named Subtle Phase which, in addition to being a solid release in its

own right, is a nice roadmap to where they are now. Check both of these out over at sacredbull.bandcamp.com.

SWIRL AROUND: Athens producer and engineer Annie Leeth

recently released her first song since last December. It’s named “Tired Eyes,” and it’s melodically lilty, vocally pleasant and, of course, produced very nicely. Unfortunately, it’s also completely based around a pulsating track that affects my ears just like so many modern dance and experimental tracks that use a swooping in-and-out oscillating roller coaster audio effect: It makes me dizzy, and I need to go lie down. That said, this particular mode of composition and GYPSY FARM RECORDS

Classic Center’s Theatre. Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. www.classiccenter.com/ tickets SHOWDOWN AT THE EQUATOR (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A witch doctor brings a murdered ninja back to life to defeat a spider-obsessed karate cult in Ninja Zombie. Outdoor patio Oct. 12, 7 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/showdownatthe equator SUMMER SOIREE (Online) The 9th annual Mercedes-Benz of Athens Summer Soiree features a virtual live auction to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens on Oct. 15. 6 p.m. A silent auction is currently being held through Oct. 15. 706-546-5910, www.greatfutureathens.com SUNFLOWER MUSIC SERIES (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Caroline Aiken plays Oct. 8. Timi Conley plays Oct. 22. The series will be held virtually. www.botgarden. uga.edu VIRTUAL FALL SEASON (UGA Performing Arts Center) The PAC will host a variety of performances and events through October, such as an Arts Chat with Wynton Marsalis (Oct. 12), Peachtree String Quartet (Oct. 18) and LA Theatre Works’ The Rivalry (Oct. 21). The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Front Row: National Artist Series presents performances and Q&As with Gilbert Kalish (Oct. 7–12) and David Shifrin (Oct. 28–Nov. 2). pac. uga.edu VIRTUAL JACK-O-LANTERN JOG AND GOBLIN FUN RUN (Athens, GA) Participants can run independently from Oct. 24–31.

Run in costume and email a photo to scncinc@gmail.com if interested.

Proceeds benefit the Sandy Creek Nature Center Inc. Report your time at tiny.cc/JOJ5KTimes. scncinc@ gmail.com WILD RUMPUS HALLOWEEN PARADE & SPECTACLE (Athens, GA) This year’s activities include a virtual art show at tinyathgallery. com, an auction fundraiser, a socially-distanced “rumpus-in-place” parade and a Halloween “Holiday TV Special.” www.wildrumpus.org ZOMBIE FARMS (568 Smithonia Rd., Winterville) Zombie Farms is a haunted trail of unique horror sets with professionally trained scary actors, storytelling and more surprises. Check website for dates. $20–25. www.zombiefarms.com

production was deliberately crafted to impart a sense of dissonance such that the music aligns with the lyrics. So, I can respect that. Your particular experience may vary, so take a chance at annieleeth.bandcamp.com.

BELATEDLY RELATEDLY: The aforementioned Grant Evans and

partner Rachel Evans continue to move forward the engine of Athens outsider composition and the documentation thereof. In the past two months, the pair have released new collections from Wipe, Ross Gentry (Asheville, NC), Uaxactun (Guatemala) and Rachel Evans’ own Motion Sickness of Time Travel. The limited-edition cassette copies of both the MSOTT and Ross Gentry releases are sold out, but all of this is available digitally at adversary electronics.bandcamp.com. I actively encourage you to spend some time there and really dig through what the pair have been spending so much time and energy with.

Speaking for myself, I’m sometimes confounded but never disappointed. f

record review Rube: When We Wake Up It’s Gonna Hurt (Luftmensch Records) While many small-town expats strive to disguise any shred of a bumpkin identity, this poppy country rock trio seems to fully lean into its Southern roots—its name is Rube, after all. Prior to relocating to New York, bassist Jeff Gees, guitarist Daniel Gold and drummer Marshall Yarbrough (a former Flagpole contributor) were active in the Athens music scene, performing in multiple bands over the years, such as Nero and the Burning Violins, Stegosaurus and Big Hug, Little Kiss.

As with 2019’s debut, Clean, Masculine & Confident, the band boomeranged back to town to record its sophomore album at The Glow Recording Studio. As the title suggests, When We Wake Up It’s Gonna Hurt reflects a perseverance through hopelessness, reinforced by tracks such as “I Didn’t Know Any Better Blues” and “I’ve Got Big Dreams (and a Big Mouth)” about the pressures of aging while still searching for the opportunities promised by a large city. They may not know quite yet where they’re headed, but they know where they came from—there’s even a shoutout to the Billups crew on the record. [Jessica Smith]

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CURB YOUR APPETITE

Here are restaurants that are open and waiting for your order!

COME ON IN! Order Inside - Limit 10 Customers Eat on the Patio or take it To Go Monday – Sunday 9am – 2pm

Delivery available via DoorDash, BullDawg, or Cosmic Delivery 393 N. Finley St. · 706-353-0029 www.bigcitybreadcafe.com

WED, THU, SUN 11-5PM • FRI & SAT 11-7PM

FRIDAY

Fish night

saturday bbq night

706-225-2277 • Join us on Facebook 1235 athens sT, jefferson 3755 atlanta hwy, athens

Mon – Fri 7:30 am– 3:00 pm Curb-side pick-up! • Online ordering

Celebrating 10 years!

975 Hawthorne Ave • 706-206-9322 emskitchenathawthorne.com

take-out delivery through bulldawg delivery and uber eats

Call ahead for pick-up

3 locations • open 7 days till 10pm

OYSTER TUESDAY $9.95 DOZENS

blindpigtavern.com

Delivery through Cosmic Delivery

DINE-IN, CURBSIDE, OR DELIVERY at all three locations - downtown -

401 e. broad st • 706-354-6966

OUTDOOR SEATING curbside pickup • delivery*

- eastside -

1965 barnett shoals • 706-369-0085

- timothy road -

(*via bulldAWg delivery - 706-850-7999)

10:30 A.M. – 10:00 P.M. 7 DAYS A WEEK

(cedar shoals location closed mondays)

706-227-9979 lumpkin st.

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706-355-7087 cedar shoals dr.

2080 timothy rd • 706-552-1237

delivery through bulldawg foods & cosmic delivery

– depalmasitaliancafe.com –

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PATIO OPEN (weather permitting) LIMITED INDOOR SEATING AVAILABLE

NEW LOCATION

OPENING

NOVEMBER 2020 420 MACON HWY OPEN IN CURRENT LOCATION THROUGH

OCTOBER 2020

4pm-9pm M–F • 2pm–9pm Sat 11am-3pm Sunday Brunch 3pm-9pm Sunday

706-548-3359

- CARRYOUT - DELIVERY (BULLDAWG FOODS) - CURBSIDE PICKUP (BY REQUEST) -

House of Kabob

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PERSIAN CUISINE

706-543-6592 • 11 A.M.– 8 P.M. EVERY DAY WHOLE CAKES AND BULK ITEMS WITH 48 HOURS NOTICE

- BEER AND WINE TO GO -

FREE APPETIZER OR DESSERT WITH ANY TAKE-OUT ORDER CURBSIDE PICK-UP OR DELIVERY WITH DOOR DASH, GRUBHUB, UBER EATS & COSMIC

HAPPY HOUR

MON-- FRI 5-- 7PM

$1 DRAFTS $4 WINE

1155 MITCHELL BRIDGE ROAD

706-850-1509

LIVES !

A BoArd GAme CAfé

NOW OFFERING FULL OUTDOOR SERVICE!

Play games and enjoy your R&P food and drink favorites on our deck CONTACTLESS ORDERING ONSITE AND TAKEOUT AVAILABLE THROUGH:

therookandpawn.com · family friendly · 800 Games · Signature Cocktails · Georgia Beers

Lunch, Dinner & Weekend Brunch

· Local foods · Patio · Parking

Offering Outdoor Dining and Contact free Pick-up for

294 W. Washington St. (Across from the 40 Watt)

www.therookandpawn.com

Lunch Tues-Fri 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Dinner Wed-Sat 5 p.m.–9 p.m.

Brunch Sat & Sun 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

MON-SAT 8AM– 9PM

706.354.7901

SUN 10AM– 9PM

COUNTER SERVICE • ONLINE ORDER CURBSIDE BY REQUEST

Corner of Chase and Boulevard

DELIVERY VIA BULLDAWG OR DoorDash FIVE POINTS • 706-613-2600

heirloomathens.com

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237 237prince princeave. ave.• •706.353.3050 706.353.3050

PIZZA SANDWICHES

WAYS TO GET YOUR JUICE: Come in the store to grab a juice Call in and we’ll deliver it curbside Call or email to set up a delivery Tues and Fri Delivery Daily via Uber Eats & Cosmic Delivery M-F 7am-7pm I Sat 9am-5pm I Sun 12pm-5pm

1428 Prince Ave AMY@JOURNEYJUICE.COM

706.850.0707 JOURNEYJUICE.COM

CALL US FOR TAKE-OUT!

DELIVERY THROUGH BULLDAWG FOOD

SUN-THURS 11AM-8PM FRI & SAT 11AM-9PM BEER • WINE • DESSERTS

254 W. Washington St. 706.543.1523

tedsmostbest.com

PULASKI HEIGHTS Take out & delivery through bulldawg food only. follow us on facebook & instagram for

daily updates

706.583.9600

The Leathers bldg. • 675 pulaski st, ste . 100

The Best Authentic Mexican Food

DRIVE THRU OPEN! OPEN FOR DINE IN or TAKE-OUT 1225 Chase St. • 706-613-9301 tlalocelmexicanorestaurant.com

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THURSDAY-SATURDAY CURBSIDE PICK-UP: SHOP.TERRAPINBEER.COM A PORTION OF PROCEEDS FROM PRIDE GLASSWARE SALES WILL BE DONATED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN