Welcome to the Athens-Clarke County Cast, hosted by Melissa Carter. In this episode, we explore a unique printmaking event featuring a steamroller with guest Noah Lagle from the Lyndon House Arts Center. Plus, get the latest on a fatal crash investigation, a disturbing kidnapping case, proposed changes to local trash collection services, UGA construction updates, and recent UGA sports arrests. Tune in for your essential Athens news roundup!
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00:00 Top Stories in Athens and Surrounding Areas
02:23 Upcoming Steam Roller Printmaking Workshop
12:16 Construction Projects at the University of Georgia
13:39 Gas Price Updates and Saving Tips
14:06 Disclaimer: Copyright Infringement
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Hello and welcome to the Athens-Clarke County cast. When a feed spots top 20 Georgia News podcast. My name is Melissa Carter. If you're looking for something different, there's a steam roller coming to Athens for the purpose of printmaking. Sound intriguing? Well, no. Illegal with the Lyndon House Arts Center joins us to talk about it soon. But first, here are your top stories brought to you by Drake Realty. Tragedy struck just east of downtown Athens as investigators worked to determine the cause of a fatal single vehicle crash. The accident occurred just before 3 p.m. on Sunday near Hermann and Vine streets. Athens-Clarke County Police arrived to find a Chevrolet pickup truck engulfed in flames, and the driver, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, did not survive. This marks the fourth deadly accident investigated by the department this year. This from Fox five. In a disturbing incident, a Lawrenceville man faces multiple charges after a minor was kidnapped, leading to several hit and run accidents. Athens-Clarke County Police have identified the suspect as 19 year old Jaron Keys. The incident occurred early Monday, with police responding to Highland Park Drive shortly before 5 a.m.. Keyes was located on Westchester Drive following the accidents. He faces charges including child molestation, kidnapping, statutory rape, reckless conduct, three counts of hit and run, failure to maintain lane and unsafe tires. The minor was taken to the hospital for treatment. This from Atlanta News First. An Athens-Clarke County Commission committee is considering significant changes to trash collection services outside the old Athens city limits. These changes might affect residents in the county's general service district, potentially ending the use of preferred private trash haulers and self hauling to the landfill before any changes are implemented. The Legislative Review Committee will survey district residents. The proposed survey will be reviewed at the committee's August 8th meeting, with a new garbage collection proposal possibly presented to the full commission by November. This from the Athens Banner-herald. Are you an artist? Someone who's interested in printmaking? Well, you can be a novice or a pro or anywhere in between because coming up in September in Athens at the Linden House Art center is a steamroller printmaking workshop and event with an actual steam roller to make the prints. Noah Schlegel of the Linden House Art center joins us coming up to tell you all about it.
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Noah Lagle joins us. He's with Lyndon House Arts Center. How are you? Thank you so much for joining us.
Doing great. Thanks for having me.
So a few weeks ago here on the podcast, we talked about the Steamroller Printmaking workshop and the events coming up in September. And I am just fascinated by this. So I was hoping maybe you could explain what's going on and how people can get involved.
There's lots of ways to get involved. Basically, at the end of September, we're going to be having a steamroller, which is, you know, a roller that you'd see normally in the construction context, but we'll be using it as a printmaking press. So over the course of many weeks in September, we'll be having people so you can sign up and make your own block where over the course of a couple of weeks, you'll be able to carve your image. And then at the end of the month, kind of the culminating event over the weekend will be anybody who's got something to to run over, essentially, that they've inked. We'll be able to make a print that way by running over it with the big construction vehicle, and that'll be the way that the ink is transferred from the block to the paper or fabric.
I love the idea of bringing attention to printmaking in the process of that, because I think I know you tell me my mother was an art teacher. I've always been into different types of arts because she did all different types of art. She taught art classes and she was an art teacher, like I said. So I am fascinated by all these things. But do you find a lot of people just they're not sure if they're into it or not until they come to the Linden Arts Center and realize, oh, wait a second, this is kind of cool.
Yeah, I mean, that's definitely what we we do here in general, even beyond the workshops. You know, we have a lot of really robust programming around the art that we show here in the building. But this is something that we did last year, kind of as a tie in to some of our shows. And right now we actually have a show up that unfortunately will be coming down before the event runs. But I do want to encourage people to come in right now. Right now, during the as part of the Celestial Bodies exhibit, there is a big multi-panel wood block that has been used to make prints. People who are coming in right now, I've found, are pretty inspired and want to get involved by doing their own printmaking. And we do offer printmaking classes in our print shop at various times of the year, but this is going to be a really great way to kind of make it into a bit of a spectacle, really bring in some people who maybe don't make art or aren't excited about the way that they've seen it done in the past. And I think bringing in a construction vehicle, bringing the press outside, inviting people in a lot of different ways to get involved is is a good way to kind of get new people excited about this particular art form. And it's also been a great way for printmakers who a lot of times are confined to smaller dimensions. Just because print presses don't get as big as a construction vehicle do. Um, so it's been a really great opportunity for a lot of printmakers to just make bigger work. So that's been really cool to see too.
Well, Noah, I'm trying to visualize. So with it, you know, again, this, this big steamroller, a normal sized steamroller. If I come in and I decide to do my own carving and want something printed, is this steamroller going to do it like one at a time? Or is it going to be like a what I'm assuming is a lot of things being printed at once?
It is going to be one at a time, even though it's big. I think the roller is about, you know, 60in wide or something like that. And our blocks are four feet by four feet. We're trying to push the limit to the size that we were going to do. If we were to make the blocks a little bit smaller, we could potentially kind of run them all at once. But we're really trying to make sure that we're we're pulling prints that are of a professional quality because like I said, there are a lot of artists really excited to to use this as an extension of their own studio practice. Last year, we pulled some really beautiful prints that we put on the wall for a couple of months here in the Art center also. So we're kind of toeing that line of trying to make this a spectacle, and also really trying to make sure that the prints that we pull are of a really professional quality.
Well, Noah, I'm glad that you clarified that because I was thinking about my art class in high school where our blocks were really small. Right. So, you know, they're not going to let an 18 year old have a four foot block. So, uh, so I'm glad you clarified that, but okay, let's let's go through the motions. If somebody wants to get involved, they want to do their block and they want to attend the event. What is the process in September they have to go through?
I would point them first and foremost to our programming web page that you can find through our website. If you search Lynden House Art center, you'll find us. And on our programming page you'll see the steamroller printmaking event that you can sign up for. Right now, we have about half of the people enrolled that will be able to accept, so there's still plenty of room. There's plenty of information there that might answer some of the questions just as far as timing. And I will say that, like you were saying, just in the context of like handing off a large block to to a first timer, it does take a bit of a commitment. But we did have, I'd say, about half the people that we made prints with last year were first time printmakers. Um, just come with an idea and really a commitment to finish, and you're going to walk away with something you'll be really proud of.
Does it cost anything for anyone to participate?
It costs $30, which is a pretty subsidized rate. That's actually cheaper than what the wood would cost. Even for that price. You're getting your large woodblock, and you're getting all of the ink and fabric that you want to print on up to three prints. Basically, you come and we have everything you need, so you don't need to bring anything other than an idea.
I love it. Noah Schlegel with the Lyndon House Arts Center talking about their steam roller print making workshop and the event coming up at the end of September. Thank you so much for taking the time to join us. Yeah, thanks.
So much for having me.
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From the We Love Athens Facebook page. An anonymous post considering a move to Athens. I don't know where to start looking at homes. We love a neighborhood rundown. What areas are the most progressive thinking community feel safe? Any other helpful information would be great. Robert Baker says Forest Heights is a safe, nice neighborhood, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Athens. Xavier Drayton said, I lived in the 300 and 605 area, didn't have any problems over in that area. Arthur Weinstein said Normaltown is the best, but it's gotten rather pricey, and Allison Rotberg said Boulevard area Cobbham Historic District and Five Points. Students at the University of Georgia are witnessing several construction projects across campus this summer. The MLC is undergoing a $4.28 million renovation to replace steam and condensate piping. The Hill community is seeing $20 million worth of updates to Boggs Church and Hill Hall's continuing last summer's renovations behind Black Diallo Miller Hall, $3.8 million is being invested in extending the chilled water distribution system to the new dining and wellness center, and finally, the North Oconee Access Road. Park and ride will expand by 400 parking spaces, costing $1.96 million. This brings the total investment in campus improvements to over $30 million. Construction is expected to wrap up by early August, just in time for the fall semester. This from the red and black in sports from the Athens, Banner-herald and Dawgnation. Another Georgia football player has been arrested for racing on a highway. Linebacker Smael Mondon was taken into custody Wednesday night by Athens Clark County Police on charges of racing and reckless driving. Mondon was released early Thursday on a $26 bond. This follows the arrest of redshirt freshman offensive lineman Beau Huguely on similar misdemeanor charges earlier in the week. Now, speaking of football, Georgia will not be going out to California to open the 2025 season, nor will UCLA be coming to Athens in 2026. Georgia announced that the future series against UCLA was canceled and that instead, Georgia will open next season against Marshall. That game will be played in Athens on August 30th of 2025. And finally, according to the American Automobile Association, Athens has the second least expensive gas prices regionally, averaging $3.24 per gallon. This comes as Georgia gas prices have seen a slight increase post July 4th, with the state average now at $3.32 per gallon, $0.01 higher than this time last year. Monterey Waiters from triple A warns that the brewing hurricane season could impact gas prices further to save money. Triple A recommends shopping around paying with cash and joining fuel savings programs. This from the red and black.
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