Athens Today--August 9

The 9th annual Teacher Reuse Store will be open this Saturday from 9am until noon at the ACC Solid Waste Administration Building on West Hancock Industrial Way. The store has available binders, file folders, clip boards, labels, and paper, and industry by-products that might be useful for art supplies, classroom organization, and/or other school functions. There’s a tremendous amount of furniture like bookshelves, chair and tables. You should bring with you only your work ID—not children, not friends, not even money, because everything is donated and is free to you. If you teach public or private school in Athens-Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe or Madison counties, you’re eligible to come, peruse and take away.

may be closing for the season, but its fans and supporters aren't going away. They've gathered more than 1,000 signatures on a petition to save the beloved community resource. And they hope for more.

This afternoon from 5 to 6:30pm, you have a chance to meet the founder of EmpowerED from Vidalia. High school teacher Matt Jones, who started the EmpowerED website last year, will be speaking. Jones and his friends and colleagues in Toombs County were concerned about the State of Georgia's declining support for its public schools. They decided to create a website to discuss many issues relevant to teaching and learning in our schools. Bring your children, bring yourself to the Melting Point and get fired up about public education in Georgia.

News flash! Artist Hope Hilton, who helps with classes at , has been named the new gallery manager of . Founder Lizzie Zucker Saltz now has emerita status. Hope holds an MFA from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Congratulations, Hope!

If you missed storytime at the this week, don't worry. There's always next week. But make a schedule change for Thursdays, becuase you can catch story time at today at 10:30am. Bring your children and enjoy hearing some books out loud, together.