View from MLK Jr. Blvd. looking north toward the Faulkner Gateway and
Austin by Ellsworth Kelly, with the Edgar A. Smith Building on left and the Mari and James A. Michener Gallery Building on right North view through the Faulkner Gateway toward Ellsworth Kelly’s
Austin. Left: Edgar A. Smith Bldg.; right: Mari & James A. Michener Gallery Bldg. (Courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art)
Being inside the Blanton Museum is a great experience.
Getting inside the Blanton is, well, less of one.
If you re like most museum visitors, you come out of the University of Texas Brazos garage – your closest parking option – only to face the Blanton s backside, distinguished chiefly by its loading dock. So you have to walk around the building to reach the entrance. Going left puts you on a narrow sidewalk between whizzing traffic on MLK Jr. Boulevard and the campus unwelcoming southern wall. Going right offers a more pastoral setting and an enticing view of Ellsworth Kelly
Governor General C A Smith speaks at a ceremony to mark the launch of the Governor General’s Volunteer Bahamas Program on Grand Bahama, Friday, December 18, 2020. (BIS PHOTO/LISA DAVIS)
FREEPORT, BAHAMAS The Governor General’s Volunteer Bahamas Program was officially launched on Grand Bahama on Friday by Governor General C A Smith in a ceremony that honored some 13 individuals and organizations.
Those honored included Calvin Martin, Dwayne Stuart, Jude Grant, Grand Bahama Lakers baseball team, Butler and Sands Blue Jays, D’Sean Smith, Jensen Burrows, Jason Albury, the Rotary Clubs on the island, Pastor Darren Rolle, Dudley Seide, Stephanie Burrows and Lindy Russell.
In between the decorating and the shopping and the baking, add one more task to your holiday to-do list - vote.
Early voting begins at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14 for the hotly-contested Jan. 5 runoff elections between GOP incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock and GOP incumbent Senator David Perdue and his Democratic challenger John Ossoff. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have poured millions of dollars into advertising for the races, since the outcome will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
Because the advance voting period falls during the holidays, voters won t have quite as many days to cast early ballots. Polls will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year s Day. In most counties, including Hall County, there is no Saturday early voting opportunity.
Polling places will include several precautions to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Poll workers will wear masks, and machines will be sanitized between voters. Glass dividers will also be installed where voters check in with poll workers. Poll workers set up a voting precinct Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at the former Turner, Wood & Smith building in downtown Gainesville for early voting for the Jan. 5, 2021, runoff election. Early voting begins Monday, Dec. 14. - photo by Scott Rogers Donald Leinweber helps move a table Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, as poll workers set up a voting precinct inside the former Turner Wood and Smith building in downtown Gainesville for early voting for the Jan. 5, 2021, runoff election. Early voting begins Monday, Dec. 14.