Monday, January 14, 2013
Deadline for registration is Friday, January 18th.
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Monday, January 14
For the 29th time, residents of or workers in Athens Clarke County will attend the Citizens Police Academy beginning Thursday, February 7, at 6:15 p.m. The session will continue through Thursday, April 25, 2013. All classes will be held at police headquarters on Lexington Road. This courses lasts 12 weeks. Three-hour classes meet one night a week. Instruction covers topics such as patrol functions, criminal investigation, communications and 911, crime prevention, SRT, and many other functions of the police department. Applicants must live or work in Athens-Clarke County. They must be at least 18 years old, and must pass a criminal background check. The deadline for registration is Friday, January 18. If you are interested in attending, …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Watch the videos and vote for your favorite glee group!
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Saturday, January 5
You can vote for your favorite high school group from now until February. Just click the "Like" button at the bottom left of the video. The four finalists are Oconee, Salem, Marietta and North Forsyth high schools. And you can vote with your dollars as well. For more information, click here. Subscribe to the Athens Patch Newsletter, like us on Facebook, follow Athens Patch on Twitter
Friday, January 4, 2013
Organizers and sponsors plan for the conference to become an annual event.
Social worker Lemuel LaRoche believes that teaching children how to play chess will help prepare them for leading positive lives. With chess, he says, you have to consider your options. Devise a plan. Think ahead about what might go wrong. Figure out how to get out of sticky situations and keep moving forward. “If you teach a child how to play chess, you don’t have to be there every moment,” he says. “The child learns to be forward thinking, to strategize, to figure out how to put a plan in place. He learns how to apply chess to life.” With a master’s in social work from UGA, LaRoche divides his time between Athens and Stone Mountain. He contracts with the Office of Juvenile Justice, going into the homes of young offenders and working …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
You can compost just about anything, says owner Kristen Baskin.
Planning a big Christmas dinner? Worried about what to do with the mountains of vegetable peelings? Or the vat of turkey juice? Maybe bones from a standing rib roast are your worry? Or shells from all those shrimp? And what are you going to do with your denuded Christmas tree? There's an alternative to simply dumping all this stuff in the trash can, says Kristen Baskin. She's the owner of Let Us Compost, and she wants to relieve you of all that yucky kitchen refuse. (And for $5, she will pick up the used evergreen and take it to the chipper.) For $8 to $15 a month, she'll give you a lidded container, sized to keep in the fridge, that you can fill to the brim with compostable matter. For this service, the compostable category includes even…
Applications are being accepted for the positions of Team Lead- Assembly, Logistics Support, and Quality Support at the upcoming Oconee-Athens location. Apply by Jan. 12-13, 2013.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Caterpillar has posted the following full-time job opportunities for the upcoming Athens plant on its career website: Logistics Support - 2 Description: "Under limited direction, performs a variety of logistic support activities in the areas of logistics planning, materials planning, and packaging analysis and other duties as assigned," according to the company's career website. Qualifications: Successful completion of Caterpillar non-management selection process, two-year degree or equivalent and two years experience in a manufacturing environment. See more details. Pay Scale: Starting at $17.94/per hour How to apply: Create a profile and submit an online application. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2013 Quality Support Description: "Under …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The market is Thursday and Friday, December 13 and 14.
Athens may be bursting with 40 holiday markets and open house sales this holiday season, but in 1998, there was basically only one: the Big City Bread Holiday Market, which started them all. "It's very charming," says artist Jamie Voivedich. "It's almost magical with the lights and the smoke. And sometimes there's like misty foggy snow. You see everybody you know. There are dogs there, and good food. And the displays are really nice. I do a lot of shows, but I wouldn't call any of them charming the way Big City Bread is. It's got its own charm." "It's what I fell in love with when we first came to Athens," says Matthew Scott, who bought Big City Bread Café in 2005 with his wife, Deenan Scott. "I came to the market, and it was like a …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The suspect was captured on film in Wal Mart.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Athens Clarke County Police now have a photo of a suspect who was allegedly using a camera phone to take photos, presumably of underwear, under the skirt of a Wal Mart employee. The incident happened on November 27, in the store on Lexington Road. The suspect is described as a white man, 45 to 50 years old, with close cropped dark hair going gray and a receding hair line. He may have been driving a 1999 to 2003 white in color Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. This incident occurred between 12:30 and 1pm. If you recognize this person you are asked to contact Detective Stephen Daniel at 706-613-3888 ext. 788 or at stephen.daniel@athensclarkecounty.com. If you wish to remain anonymous please call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 706-613-3342.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
What is he playing? and why did he stop?
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
This was an impromptu concert.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Tickets for the legendary singer go on sale December 7 at 10am.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
California native Merle Haggard has been a household name among country music fans since 1963, when he broke into Billboard's Top 20 with "Sing Me A Sad Song." Since then, he has written hundreds of songs, which include "Sing Me Back Home," and "Okie From Muskogee." On Valentine's Day, 2013, at 7:30pm, Merle Haggard will take the stage at the Classic Center. Tickets go on sale this Friday, and range in price from $45 to $52. More than 40 of his singles have made the No. 1 position in the major trade magazines. He has released more than 65 albums, four of which have been certified gold. And Haggard has been nominated 42 times for Country Music Association awards, more than any other male country entertainer.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The course is recommended for anyone who wants to know more about law enforcement in our community.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Ever wanted to learn what the police do? And what law enforcement is all about? Now's your chance. The 29th session of the Citizens Police Academy will begin Thursday, February 7, 2013, at 6:15 pm at the East Precinct on Lexington Road. Classes will be held every Thursday through April 25, 2013. This is a 12-week course has weekly classes, with each class lasting three hours. Participants will learn about patrol functions, criminal investigation, communications and 911, crime prevention, SRT, and many other functions of the police department. Applicants must live or work in Athens-Clarke County, be at least 18 years of age, and pass a criminal background check. The deadline for registration is Friday, January 17. Persons interested in …
dr. ife Landsmark
8:41 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Core lessons..then you don't have to be there every moment...child learns forward thinking! Here's to forward! Aunt Ife more ›