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Athens Today--February 8

Hooray for Wednesday!

 

What’s that annoying sound? Don’t worry, it’s not a tornado, it’s Athens-Clarke County and the University of Georgia. They're testing the outdoor siren and e-mail text emergency alert notification systems today, between 9 and 9:30am. These tests occur during Severe Weather Awareness Week and again in the fall.

Go, Dawgs! Once again, the Princeton Review has named UGA one of the “best values” in public education. UGA is now 8th in The Best Value Colleges rankings. Others in the top ten are: UNC at Chapel Hill (1), UVA (2), New College of Florida (3), State College of New York at Binghamton (4), Wisconsin (5), the College of William and Mary (6), the University of Florida (7), the University of Washington (9) and UT at Austin (10).

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This Saturday is the day for Kid’s Expo, a fun-filled day at the , with lots of kid-and-family oriented entertainment. Your entry fee of $5 will benefit the Wee Read program, part of the United Way of Northeast Georgia.

And then there were four. Four bands, that is, in the Athens Business Rocks competition. Local businesses have sponsored bands and raised money for Nuci’s Space. The Feb. 18th finale at the fabulous will feature the Athens Band Trust, Chop Shop City, 80# Cougar and Punch List.

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There's still time to sign up your children for one of the YMCA's Spring afterschool programs. The Y bus will pick your child up from an Athens school and bring him or her to the facility on Hawthorne, where he or she will have a snack, relax and then spend more than an hour learning soccer, mountain biking, arts and crafts or other activities. The fee is modest. The program is for members and non-members.


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