Police investigate student’s death
Athens-Clarke County police are still investigating the apparent murder of a first-year UGA law student. Tara Louise Baker, 23, was found dead Jan. 19 by Athens-Clarke County firefighters responding to a call of a fire at the East Athens residence Baker shared with two roommates.
Assistant police chief Mark Wallace has said police are certain the death was a homicide, which the fire was started to conceal. Although the Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted an autopsy, the police have said no information from the autopsy will be made public.
Several rewards are being offered in connection with the investigation. The Georgia Arson Control Office is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for the arrest and conviction of the Baker arsonist. The office’s number is (800) 282-5804. A $1,000 reward also is being offered locally for information leading to the arrest of Baker’s killer.
Funeral services for Baker were held Jan. 24 in Jonesboro. A memorial service will be held at the law school later this semester.
Retired UGA prof wins Lindberg Award
Marion Montgomery, author of numerous acclaimed volumes of fiction, poetry and literary criticism, has been named the winner of the Stanley W. Lindberg Award, named in honor of the late, long-time editor of The Georgia Review. Montgomery also served on the faculty of the UGA department of English from 1954 until his retirement in 1987.
The career achievement award, initiated by admirers of Lindberg’s career as editor of the prize-winning Review, will be presented to Montgomery in ceremonies in the conservatory of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia beginning at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24. Keynote speaker for the evening will be noted poet and translator Coleman Barks. A champagne and jazz reception will follow the ceremony.
The event is cosponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book, a statewide program that celebrates books, reading, literacy, book arts, publishing and Georgia’s literary tradition.
Black tie is optional for the event, which is open to the public. Tickets are $45 each, a portion of which is tax-deductible. The reservation deadline is Feb. 12. Checks should be made payable to the Georgia Center for the Book and sent to Anne Johnson, executive director, Georgia Center for the Book, DeKalb County Public Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, Ga. 30030. For more information, call (404) 370-8450, ext. 2235, or send e-mail to johnsona@mail.dekalb.public.lib.ga.us.
Documentaries win national awards
Documentaries produced by the Georgia Center for Continuing Education about the lives and careers of two UGA faculty members have won awards in a national competition.
The Communicator Awards are a national competition that honors excellence in visual communications. Horace Farlowe: A Carver of Stone won the award of distinction and Hugh Kenner: A Modern Master was named winner of an honorable mention. Farlowe was for many years a member of the faculty in the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The film traces an exterior installation at a museum in North Carolina from inception to completion.
Kenner, also now retired, was a professor of English and one of America’s most noted literary critics. Both films were directed by David Silvian of the Georgia Center. The Kenner film was written and co-produced by Phil Williams, director of public information for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. |
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