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Arts & Literature
Peachtree Corners to Acquire Six Button Sculptures
The City Council of Peachtree Corners has approved the acquisition of six Button Art sculptures, created by a nonprofit organization to showcase the county. The six sculptures will be placed throughout the city. The half-dozen sculptures are among 200 that will be placed throughout Gwinnett County. The artist is Lance Campbell.
Button Art, Inc. is a Georgia nonprofit created to further the love of art in Gwinnett County. The project was inspired by Button Gwinnett, the county's namesake, and the only county bearing the name Gwinnett out of more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. Button Gwinnett was a British-born founding father, a delegate from Georgia to the Continental Congress, and one of the three Georgia signatories on the Declaration of Independence.
"Art in a community has a positive impact by offering a place for creative expression," said Mayor Mike Mason. "We are pleased to be part of the effort to display these unique art pieces and look forward to the installation of the Button Art."
The first work will be unveiled on Tuesday, April 21st at Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. [Editor's note: due to the coronavirus crisis this may not be occurring, please check ahead] The Peachtree Corners sculptures will be installed this spring.
The first location to display a Button Gwinnett art piece will be at one of the entrances to the "Corners Connector, the city's multi-use trail system. When complete the 11.5-mile Corners Connector trail will wind through Technology Park and connect with offices, restaurants, shopping and neighborhoods.
Through public and private collaborations, while engaging artists of all ages, cultures, and media, Button Art, Inc. will manage, create and install 200 original Button Sculptures throughout Gwinnett County. The art project was inspired by Gwinnett County's 200th birthday celebration.
Arts & Literature
Mayra Cuevas, Author of YA novel Salty, Bitter, Sweet, talks about writing and diversity in literature [Podcast]
Want to learn what it takes to write a Young Adult novel that showcases diversity, characters that find success on their own terms and written by a person of color? YA novelist Mayra Cuevas debut novel is "Swalty, Bitter, Sweet." Join host Rico Figliolini and Mayra as they discuss inspirations and writing methods that went into this fantastic book, her Puerto Rican heritage and her own family's experience with divorce, grief, new beginnings and the healing power of food made with love.
"So one of the themes in the book is about finding success in your own terms. So a lot of times, and I didn't discover this until later in life. But we try to measure our success through the benchmark of others that others have set for us, right? So others' ideas of our own success. And then we realized after a long time that that doesn't make us happy because that's not really what we want. What we want is something else. It's our own journey."mAYRA cUEVAS
Timestamp – where to find these topics in the podcast
[00:00:30] – Intro
[00:03:05] – Book talks and Publisher Info
[00:03:34] – Title Origin
[00:04:38] – Manuscripts, Rejections, and Success [00:08:28] – Story and Character Inspiration
[00:11:17] – Location and Cooking Influences
[00:14:29] – Mayra's Writing Process
[00:20:51] – More on Characters and Locations
[00:22:18] – Empowering Young Women
[00:25:10] – Diversity in Young Adult Books
[00:29:05] – About Mayra
[00:33:46] – Cowriting
[00:35:26] – Beta Reading
[00:39:55] – How to finish a book
Podcast Transcript:
Rico: [00:00:30] Hi everyone. This is Rico Figliolini, host of Peachtree Corners Life. This is a Thursday afternoon on a stormy day. We had tornado watches today, but everything's sort of calmed down this afternoon, and we have a special guest, local author and CNN producer Mayra Cuevas. So she's, she has a book I want to talk about and I want to talk about her life a bit, but before we get into that, I just want to say thanks to a few people and our lead sponsor. So we're here at Atlanta Tech Park in the City of Peachtree Corners at the Tech Park, it's right on the road. That's Curiosity Labs at Peachtree Corners. It's a place that houses 70 companies over 15,000 square feet. This podcast studio, of course, and it's a hub for business and tech and Curiosity Lab itself. The one and a half mile track that we sit on is something that the city itself is putting together, has put together to run and attract companies here to do experiments on a live laboratory, if you will, out there interacting with real traffic, real people where they can research and use their internet of everything. Items, apps, plugins to the autonomous vehicles that run on this track and such. So it's a tremendous, living lab here that, does a lot of impact for the cities, for us economic impact. Our lead sponsor is Hargray Fiber. They're a company based out of Hilton Heaven, Savannah, Georgia. They are a company that crafts customized solutions for hundreds of businesses in the Southeast. Whether you're a small business looking for bundled services or you're a low on enterprise level business looking for a managed IT services, either voiceover, internet, TV. Well that they can provide a real customized solution for you. They are a local company. They don't let the cable guy, they will show up and they will really do the right things. And I got to say also with the city of Peachtree Corners, Hargray Fiber, even though it was sitting on what really is a mobility wireless 5G driven track. The backbone of it is still fiber and Hargray Fiber is the company that put the fiber here, and they're the backbone of what the city's doing. We'll be here, so if you want to find out more information, go to HargrayFiber.com now. Now we're really getting into the, the meat of the meeting, if you will. So there's a lot of things I want to talk about. I had seen on Norcross high school that you're going to be doing a discussion there and, in a few days again, so a few weeks.
Mayra: [00:03:05] Yeah, I'm actually doing several visits to local schools. North Gwinnett high, Norcross high school and Duluth as well. And I got book talks lined up, different parts of the country in Tennessee, New York and Arkansas.
Rico: [00:03:22] Wow. And who's the publisher of the book?
Mayra: [00:03:25] It's Blank HarperCollins.
Rico: [00:03:28] Blank HarperCollins. Now this is a novel that you put together called…
Mayra: [00:03:32] Salty, Bitter, Sweet.
Rico: [00:03:34] And I've been wanting to ask how that name came about. But it what is the story?
Mayra: [00:03:40] It was originally called "Every Girl Should Have a Blow Torch" because food is very much at the center of the book. And my, my lead character Isa, she loves using a blowtorch to kinda, you know, work, work on her desserts and then there's a really funny incident with the Isa and the love interest in which they set the kitchen on fire using like, wrestling over the blow torch. But the publisher ultimately decides what the title is going to be. And the marketing team came up with this awesome title; "Salty, Bitter, Sweet," which I love, and everyone loves. And I think it's very appropriate for the book.
Rico: [00:04:27] It's all about taste and food and texture and all that. I can imagine the other one's a little bit more edgy.
Mayra: [00:04:35] Yes, it was more edgy. But the lines stayed in the book.
Rico: [00:04:38] Yeah. I could see him walking around with the little torch. So you can, this is your first book actually, isn't it?
Mayra: [00:04:44] Yeah, so it's my first published book. It's not my first manuscript. I have been working on getting published for about six years now, and I have written other manuscripts. I had an agent that actually picked me up and he's representing me based on a, on a previous manuscript, but this was the first manuscript that actually went out and sold.
Rico: [00:05:03] So you got that agent because of the original manuscript and then he saw the others?
Mayra: [00:05:08] Yes. So I mean, this is one of the things that a lot of, it's not really talked about that much in the publishing process. So many times I knew the debut authors, you read their stuff and it's like, Oh, this is actually really good for a debut author. Well, that's probably not their first manuscript. It's just the first manuscript that sold and that found a home at one of the big publishers. In my case, I really want it to be published in one of the big five. HarperCollins is part of that group. So I was, I was very proud and really happy to make that happen.
Rico: [00:05:42] Would you say this was your third, fourth, or fifth manuscript?
Mayra: [00:05:45] This was my third manuscript. Yes, it was my third manuscript. The first one was a fantasy novel that will never see the light of day because it was just absolutely awful. But at the time, I thought it was the most amazing thing written since Harry Potter, and it got about 200 rejections, but I kept going. And then I did, I, it was, it was my first manuscript and it taught me a lot about the writing process and about the publishing industry as well. And then I wrote a second manuscript that was a camp story, and that was the one that my agent decided to represent me. And then Salty, Bitter, Sweet.
Rico: [00:06:31] So when you did the 200 rejections on the first, you said let me set that aside and write a different one.
Mayra: [00:06:37] You have to move on at some point. And I think 200 rejections is a good place to move on.
Rico: [00:06:43] Who knows, it might get picked up later. But so your second book, you finished. And then you went on anyway to write your third manuscript.
Mayra: [00:06:52] Yes. So for me, you know, you kind of set goals for yourself as a writer, right? And for me, my goal is to put out one manuscript a year. Like I usually, and I have been pretty consistent with this. Like right now I have another manuscript that will potentially go out on submission to publishers in the next couple of months. It's getting polished.
Rico: [00:07:14] Is this the fourth one?
Mayra: [00:07:15] No, it's actually the fifth, the fifth manuscript that I've written. Yeah. I have the fourth I'm still working on this and it needs some more polishing. It's also why I love writing for teens and young adults, especially for, for teen girls. Because I, it's a very important time in their lives. It's a time where they're trying to figure out what their view, they're forming the view of their world, right? And it's a time of insecurity. It's a time of lots of changes and just, just difficult things going on in your life. And it's wonderful to have a voice of empowerment in the background of you know me, like I'm almost 40. I've been through that stage in my life. I've kinda, I've lived through it, you know, I'm on the other side of it and I, I have some perspective now I can look back and say, you know what? These things that you're struggling with in the grand scheme of things are not that big of a deal. You know, it's going to be fine.
Rico: [00:08:26] But you don't say that in the novel necessarily, or have the adults in the novel say that.
Mayra: [00:08:28] No, because it's like you gotta the beauty about writing for young adults is having these amazing characters who are discovering these things for themselves. You know, just, they're going on this life journey. You know, like my character Isa, she's dealing with her grandmother, who is her culinary muse, has just passed away. And not only that, but she's also, her grandmother is Cuban, so she identifies, she sees herself in her grandmother, her Latina side, right? Her parents have just gotten a divorce and his dad is living with another person. And this is something I went through at that age. My parents went through a very difficult divorce. You know, I relied a lot on my grandparents to, you know, to nourish myself emotionally and, and, and mentally. And I'm, I'm writing from that point of view.
Rico: [00:09:31] And I was going to be one of my questions as well. The, you know, how do you, do you come to this with some of the experiences, obviously with the divorce in your family and stuff, but also, I mean, you're bringing it from, the, you know, from the experience that you, that you have from being a Puerto Rican, maybe Latino. So, and being a woman and writing from a woman's point of view, obviously. But you are also like a mom to two step sons.
Mayra: [00:10:04] Yes, two amazing stepsons. You know, they inspired, both of them, they want to know which one is the one that's in the book.The guys have asked me and said, is it me? Is it me? And I'm like, well, it's a combination of the both of you and it's true. You know, I used them to kind of model the romantic interest in the book because you know, they're right there, so it's just so easy.
Rico: [00:10:32] Yeah, that is so funny. Are they okay with that?
Mayra: [00:10:33] They're fine. They're very supportive of me. They're actually coming for the book event on February 29th.
Rico: [00:10:41] That's so funny. I mean, some of the kids might, depending on who's there, they might be, are you him?
Mayra: [00:10:47] Diego. Diego is a romantic interest. Yeah.
Rico: [00:10:51] And you know, I mean, as I was reading through the school library journal review, because the book's not out yet. The book is going to be out on…
Mayra: [00:10:59] Yes, it's out on March 3rd. But, everyone can preorder and preorders are awesome. Barnes and Noble, Amazon, even we have Little Shop of Stories or Curious Books here in town. They're also, yes. Anywhere where they sell books.
Rico: [00:11:17] So you placed this, this is actually placed in Europe.
Mayra: [00:11:21] So the story takes place and is, there's multiple locations in the book. The bulk of the story takes place in Leon France. And there's a reason for that. It's that Leon friends is actually the gastronomic capital of the world. And here you have a girl who wants to be a chef more than anything. She believes her happiness and the way that she gives herself to others is in food. And to place her at the epicenter of, you know, food and the entire world. It was just a way to raise the stakes just a little bit more, you know,
Rico: [00:11:57] Not only that, but she goes to school of this top cook. And the reward is to get your own restaurant, essentially.
Mayra: [00:12:03] You get to apprentice, so you get to learn from one of the, the, at the end of the program that she's in, that she's competing for a spot at a kitchen of a three Michelin star chef, and he's not only a three Michelin star chef, he's a legend in, in the high cuisine.
Rico: [00:12:25] You have to be. That's funny. So, but research. I mean…
Mayra: [00:12:30] Did a lot of research. Yes.
Rico: [00:12:32] Are you a good cook too?
Mayra: [00:12:33] I love to cook. And you know, that's one of the reasons why I chose to do a foodie book, you know, is because I love food, in my family and a lot of Latino households, food is a way to connect. It's a way to bring us together. And your, your background's Italian, so you know, same thing.
Rico: [00:12:57] Yes. Three hours dinners and all that.
Mayra: [00:12:58] But it is a time when we come together and it's a time of nourishing. It's a time of love. And it's also, food is a vehicle for memories. You know? And like a lot of, you know, the memories that I have growing up of my grandparents are associated with specific dishes, you know? It's like, I mean, I still remember the sense, the taste, you know. The you know, the crackling of fried chicken, you know. And, and also moments, specific moments in time that. Are associated with a certain type of meal, you know. So for Isa, for the main character, like she's connecting with her grandmother, even though her grandmother had passed, has passed away through the meals she's preparing. And all of these memories are coming together through food and the love that she wants to give to her family and the world. She wants to give of herself to the world through food.
Rico: [00:13:59] That's when there reminds me of my wife and my mother in a way, because I would remember when she, on Saturday morning, Sunday morning, she would do the sauce and the first thing that went in all the time was the chopped onion and the sizzling. And you'd hear that and smell it and those, those scents would come back to you later.
Mayra: [00:14:18] Yes.
Rico: [00:14:19] And of course…
Mayra: [00:14:20] They're heartfelt, you're, you're, you have a physical reaction to the smells, the sounds, the tastes.
Rico: [00:14:29] And on the cook side, cause my wife likes to cook too. She'd be like, if she spent an hour, two hours cooking, putting together the meal, she actually wouldn't eat after that because she's done. She's put everything into that meal and that's it. You guys have dinner. I'm good. So yeah. So it's a different way of seeing that. So, you know, I love YA novels too. My kids, I have three kids. They grew up on Harry Potter, they grew up all the YA novels you can think of. They read through and of course, you know, Fault in Our Stars, I mean, a whole bunch of them. And we would sometimes share our recommendations back and forth. And I'm sure that your book would probably be key to my daughter. She'd probably love that I bet. So the writing part, let's get back to the writing process because that always interests me. How do you, because everyone's different. Every writer says the different, they some need to do three pages
a day, some need to do four hours, then it doesn't matter if they produce nothing. Some people need a quiet, they need to shut the door. They won't open that door until they're done with the manuscript and won't show it to anyone. So tell me your process.
Mayra: [00:15:35] So, I tend to be very practical with my writing because I don't have a lot of time. I have a full time job and I also have other responsibilities. I sit on the board of a Kadampa Meditation Center, Georgia in Inman park. and sometimes I teach meditation as well. So I'm, I have a very busy life. So when I do sit to write, it's got to be a quality writing. So when I have, when I have an idea for a new project, I'll come up with an idea. I have a series of questions that I'll ask myself to develop that idea and see if that idea is viable. If, if the idea we'll, it can stretch into a whole book, because writing a novel is not just an artistic thing a creative thing. It's also a very technical thing. A novel has to have certain parts. It has to hit certain points. Your character needs to go through a journey that is very defined. So for me, when I start, I like to see all that plotted out at first, I'm on what they call a plotter, not a pantser. So pantsers kind of just start writing and then whatever comes, comes. I, my approach is a little bit different. So I, I try to plot out the whole book at first and I use that as a guide. Things ultimately change from, cause, you know, the characters kind of start telling you where they want to go. They're alive, much alive and hanging out inside my head. And then your new characters develop, you know, Lala, the grandmother in Salty, Bitter, Sweet. She didn't develop until like, the third draft of the book. She wasn't in the original story.
Rico: [00:17:20] She seems to be like the holding there.
Mayra: [00:17:22] Because when she came to me, she came fully formed. But you know, she wasn't there originally. And that happens a lot. There's, there's a lot of characters. Sometimes you, you know, one of the manuscripts that I'm working on right now, I am struggling with one of the characters and I can't get them together, but others just come fully formed. They just show up and then you write them and they're perfect from day one, you know?
Rico: [00:17:48] So yeah, you're a plotter, but do you actually create an outline like chapter by chapter along?
Mayra: [00:17:53] Yes, and there's a couple of reasons why I do that. One, is because at the point where I'm at right now, I need to discuss it with my agent. And then the second one is, you usually, once you sell the book, there's potential to sell other books on spec and by contract that requires plotting chapter by chapter, then they need to know what your, what they're buying. Pretty much.
Rico: [00:18:17] Okay. Unless you're doing a trilogy and even with that you probably have to do that, I bet.
Mayra: [00:18:21] Even with whatever, whatever you sell that the publishers just then just want to know what they're buying.
Rico: [00:18:28] So I saw an outline that James Patterson did. His is one paragraph per chapter. Is yours similar?
Mayra: [00:18:35] Yeah, mine are a little. That's a chapter by chapter outline is very good. That's pretty much a, you just give us a short synopsis of what's in every chapter,
Rico: [00:18:45] and that's what you write. So you're writing, you're sitting down that day and you're going to write that chapter.
Mayra: [00:18:50] Yes. But again, it is. It's an idea, right? These, these, these are just ideas. But when you're writing, that's where the creative side comes in. And things just start changing. Sometimes they move in completely different directions that you didn't expect, and your characters just want to do what they want to do. And you're, you know, and so you're taking that outline, but you're being flexible around it. You know, you're not…
Rico: [00:19:20] You're not held to it.
Mayra: [00:19:21] No, you gotta. Exactly. You can get, it's very organic. It's a very organic process. I just, I just like to give it a little push in a certain direction.
Rico: [00:19:31] Did you ever have to go back a few chapters and say, okay, my character took me here, but I need to adjust the foreshadowing. I need to do a few things back here.
Mayra: [00:19:40] So normally I write forward and then what that means is that I will write all the way to the end of the book because I want to know where the characters are taking me and then how the book is going to end, and then I will go back and make changes. I usually…
Rico: [00:19:55] So your first draft is all the way through.
Mayra: [00:19:57] Yes. My first draft is always all the way through. Because what I found out is like if you kind of stop and go, stop and go, you will edit yourself until oblivion. And then you just, you know, you just keep going back and there's no point because until you get to the end of the story, you just don't know how the story's going to end. You know?
Rico: [00:20:17] Do you ever write like character profiles? You do write those down?
Mayra: [00:20:21] Yes. I've done that several times because, especially in young adult, the genre is very character-driven. And what that means is like, you want very dynamic characters that pop off the page. They're very memorable, that, that have something to say, you know. So, so it's nice to develop that, with a character sketch to help you kind of pull out some of those very tangible things that they later you're going to develop throughout the story.
Rico: [00:20:51] I have to ask you, so when the characters take over and they start writing, do they ever like break that, that profile? No, you would never do this?
Mayra: [00:20:59] All the time. You know, once you go. So let me go back to the example of Isa because this book, it's changed.
Rico: [00:21:08] She sounds like a great character.
Mayra: [00:21:09] She is, but she started out, Isa started out as this complete French girl who was leaving New York. I mean, and she has changed. She just, when I started writing her, the idea that I had of her is completely different with what she ended up being. Because, they characters are like real people, you know, and they should be like real people. They're complex individuals. They have their history to them. They speak in their own voice. You know, they're, yeah. They're true to life.
Rico: [00:21:45] The best characters. Leon France, have you been there?
Mayra: [00:21:49] I've been to several areas in France. Have not been to Leon. It's on my list of places that I want to go, but I did a lot of research to get it right. And I did have a French consultant look at the book. Yeah, I actually had a consultant for the French aspects of the novel and also for the culinary aspects of the novel. Chef Carla from Buck and Alia. She's an executive pastry chef, and she served as a consultant in the book.
Rico: [00:22:18] Now, obviously the main character is a girl, and we talked about, you know, empowering girls is one of the things you want to be able to do. So tell me a little bit about that. What was the, you know, was that important? I mean, I have a daughter too, I can understand why, but like to hear your words on it.
Mayra: [00:22:35] So one, one of the themes in the book is about finding success in your own terms. So a lot of times, and I didn't discover this until later in life. But we try to measure our success through the benchmark of others that others have set for us, right? So others ideas of our own success. And then we realized after a long time that that doesn't make us happy because that's not really what we want. What we want is something else. It's our own journey, right? So Isa needs to go, she thinks that what she wants is to be in this very stressful environment with a male dominated kitchen that the entire world says, you have reached the peak of your career at where you're at in life, right? This is, it's heartache, cuisine, you're going to be training under you know, this culinary legend. And when she gets there, she realized this, this, this is not making me happy. I don't, you know, I feel miserable here. Like it's stressful as all hell, you know? It's not what she thought she was, but then the struggle becomes, okay, but I've gotten here. Do I want to stay and kind of just suck it up? But you know, and that's, that's us adults. We do that many of the times, you know, we do that at work. We do that in relationships, and we do that in many stages of, of many different places of our lives. So the decision comes
whether, you know, she wants to, she's already sacrificed so many aspects of her life to get here, but now that she's gotten here, she realizes that she's not happy. So what does she do?
Rico: [00:24:25] What does she do? Well she has other complications, obviously. Her grandmother passed away, divorce.
Mayra: [00:24:30] Isa has put everything on the line, everything, everything. Everything that she is to get to this place.
Rico: [00:24:36] And a boy comes into her life also?
Mayra: [00:24:38] To mess things up, to screw up her plans. So the world is conspiring against her, right? So, but yeah, I want to empower girls to think about their goals as, as something that they can achieve on their own terms that they, they can set the bar, they can decide what they want. What does that mean for them versus relying on other people to set the bar for success.
Rico: [00:25:10] Which makes sense. I think that's what we all want to be able to be happy with our own things, boy or girl. We've talked about a little bit also, diversity in Young Adult books. So do you want to speak to that as well?
Mayra: [00:25:22] So the topic of diversity is very important for me. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. I'm a Latino woman. I love romantic comedies, love, love romantic comedies. And, but what I struggle with is seeing myself in a romantic comedy. You know, other than movies with, like Jennifer Lopez being the star. It's rare to find a romantic comedy, you know, film or in books with a Latina main character. So I wanted to give girls, especially Latina girls, an opportunity to see themselves as the lead in their own story, right? They're the lead in their own life and have a vision for that they can be the main character. Another thing that's always playing in the background in my mind as I'm writing, is that only 5% of all kids books published present a Latina, Latin character. Of those 5%, only 34% are written by Latin writers or illustrators. Meanwhile, in schools, 22% of the kids are Latin in classrooms, in public schools in the US so just the numbers just don't add up there. There needs to be more books represented, marginalized communities, written by people of color.
Rico: [00:26:53] So is that promoting, like I always look at things like that as I'm, being Italian, Italian heritage and coming from New York and Brooklyn and coming South and, you know, tell people my name is Rico moved down here in 95. People are like Rico Lopez? Rico Petrocelli? It's like, no, just Rico's fine. People are funny that way about diversity, when they don't see it. But also, you know, I think we have to, maybe we have to, like you are doing encourage a talent to be able to write those books because it really, there's just a lack of talent out there, right? To some degree.
Mayra: [00:27:38] The publishing industry is 80% white. So, and that is something that has come to the forefront now with this whole debacle with American Dirt, with the novel American
Dirt. So it's, you know, if we want to promote more books written by marginalized communities, by people of color, we have to publish more of these books, right? That we need to give everybody a seat at the table. And not only a seat at the table, but given the same opportunities that white authors are given in terms of publicity or promotion or promoting the books and all that stuff. Atlanta, thankfully Atlanta has an incredible young adult, very diverse young adult community, you know. We have, so I mean, we have, Aisha Saaed who writes from a Muslim perspective. We have Nick Stone who writes from the African American perspective. We have Beckel Bertolli who writes from the Jewish perspective. It's incredibly diverse. Just, you know, here alone in Atlanta, but we need to do a better job at lifting these voices.
Rico: [00:28:51] Are there any big, every time I think of publishers they're in New York for some reason. Are there any Atlanta big publishers?
Mayra: [00:28:57] So the big five publishers who control most of the market are in New York.
Rico: [00:29:05] I mean you would think that we would have something big here but that's not the case. So this has been a journey for you too, I mean, you come from Puerto Rico. When did you, when did you move here?
Mayra: [00:29:15] So I moved to Miami when I was 22 I got a scholarship. I know Florida international university to do a master's in investigative reporting. And after I completed my masters, I moved here to Atlanta. I got a job, doing investigative reporting for WSB TV, the NBC affiliate here in Atlanta. And then after a year doing that, I moved to Sienna and so I've been in Sienna for more than 15 years now.
Rico: [00:29:40] 15 years wow. Yeah. That's cool. I mean, CNN is going through its things though. I have a friend that works in, I think he's been through three waves of downsizing or something like that.
Mayra: [00:29:50] It's a great place to work. My colleagues are amazing.
Rico: [00:29:56] So journalism is still something you want to do, even if you become successful writing? Continued success?
Mayra: [00:30:02] If that happens, we'll have to revisit the conversation.
Rico: [00:30:08] Yes, writing. Anyone that wants to be a writer, though, that'd be a great living. You know?
Mayra: [00:30:15] It's not. Yeah well, I mean, the reality is the, the writers that hit it big and get, you know, seven figure contracts they're rare. Most, most of the writers that I know have jobs. Are or they do other, other things to kind of compliment their income. Yeah, don't quit your day job.
Rico: [00:30:44] No you don't want to do that. But at least you'd, some of them actually do. So I know a couple of two sisters that they do a lot of editing and ghostwriting, so at least they're still working their craft to some degree. Journalism is the same. So when you're producing, are you, do you get something?
Mayra: [00:31:04] I do. So last year I traveled about 30% of the year. And well I got gas covering a protest in Puerto Rico. That was exciting. In my own, in like my own backyard. I went to like get gas, buy like these gas canisters out there, run all over. But no, it wasn't. Most of the work that I'm doing now, there was a time that I did a lot of breaking news, but most of the time that I do now, is features highlighting amazing things that, that people are doing around the US.
Rico: [00:31:38] Do you ever get to speak to any authors? Other authors?
Mayra: [00:31:41] Well, you know, I am surrounded in Atlanta. I am surrounded by a group of amazing authors and a community of my amazing authors. Thankfully my writing partner, Mary Marquardt and I formed this group called Mingle and Margarita's and we meet, yeah, we meet up. It's a writing community and we meet twice a year to come together and talk about different things that authors and writers are interested about. And also, I belong to a group called Las Musas. It's a Latin, Latina authors collective. And there's about, right now, there's between 40 and 50 of us, and these are all authors whose books are coming out in the next couple of years, and, you know, we connect with each other. We pitch panels at conferences, you know, and support each other.
Rico: [00:32:35] Do you, do you foresee Salty, Bitter and Sweet becoming maybe a movie or?
Mayra: [00:32:43] I hope so. Fingers crossed if there's anybody from Netflix listening to this. Like, just give me a call.
Rico: [00:32:57] This would actually be a great Netflix movie, I could see that. And you're also doing international women's day panel books and all that.
Mayra: [00:33:00] I'm super excited about that event. It's gonna, it's gonna be so much fun and a great conversation. It's on Sunday, March 8th at 3:00 PM at the Norcross community center. And it's going to be moderated by a CNN anchor, Christy Paul. She's also an amazing women's advocate. And then, Marie Marquardt, who I just, I just co-wrote a manuscript with her. It's about to go on submission. Yes, it's a nice little feminist, we call it the feminist unicorn. Yeah, so we're going to be on the panel talking about stories that empower girls and women.
Rico: [00:33:46] Do you like the co-writing? Is that different? How do you do that?
Mayra: [00:33:49] So that was so much fun. So, Maria and I have been working together for about six years. We started off as critique partners. So, you know, we were talking about my
writing process. Maria and I exchange chapters of the stuff we've written and she critiques my chapters and I critiqued hers. So we'd been doing this for a while. And then finally we've been talking about, writing a book, a book together, but it kind of worked on timing. She was on a contract. I was like working on my stuff, and finally we found this opening where she wasn't on a contract and I had just sold my book and we could work on something together. So, yeah, we basically, I'm writing the Latina, one character from the Latina characters perspective. One chapter, and then she's writing another chapter from the white girl's perspective.
Rico: [00:34:43] So you are splitting that up chapter by chapter?
Mayra: [00:34:45] Yes. We split up the book chapter by chapter. Yes. You would think it was less work, but it's not.
Rico: [00:34:55] No you're picking it up. It's almost like a writing prompt in a way. You're picking up the last chapter. And what if your character takes it a different way?
Mayra: [00:35:02] Well, that's, that's where plotting comes in. We plot it. We actually sat down and plotted the whole book.
Rico: [00:35:08] All of sudden said, sorry, at the end of my chapter, this is where she's at.
Mayra: [00:35:11] Because it's interesting because even with this process, we had characters come out. Like, they just showed up. But you know, we just have to go with it. Cause it's like this character just showed up. Cause we, you know, you don't understand. That's how the process works, right.
Rico: [00:35:26] People, I'm sure people listen to this and like they just pop up in your mind? Like, you know how does that work? Yeah. But, so she was like a beta reader for you. Do, do you do beta reading?
Mayra: [00:35:37] Yes, I do. I actually have a lot of beta readers.
Rico: [00:35:40] So beta readers are people that would read your book before it's published like the manuscript.
Mayra: [00:35:43] Yes, give you insights and then they kind of let you know what's working, what's not working, what you need to fix. On top of beta readers, before Salty Bitter, Sweet came out, we also had, the publisher hired a sensitivity reader. So somebody to come in and say, hey, this can be seen as problematic. You need to work on this, fix that, that kind of thing.
Rico: [00:36:07] So beta readers your family, friends?
Mayra: [00:36:10] No, I try not to use my family or friends as beta readers because they sometimes then not to be very objective, you know, this is great and I don't want to, yeah, I, you know, I want to hear, I want to know what doesn't work. Like I need to fix what doesn't work. So I usually use other authors and writers. Yeah.
Rico: [00:36:32] That's funny. I was reading something about, the, the author that wrote the Martian and his beta readers were all online and I think it was for two years or a year. They were just feeding him stuff and they were all like techie geek guys that were collecting all this martian stuff. And he was like, if it wasn't for that.
Mayra: [00:36:50] And you have to be open as a, as a writer, you have to be open to criticism because that's how you get better and that's how you improve.
Rico: [00:36:57] So that didn't hurt if you heard?
Mayra: [00:36:57] No. The 200 rejections hurt. That hurt.
Rico: [00:37:02] I still can't believe it was 200 times.
Mayra: [00:37:02] Yeah, my husband will attest. There were a couple of instances that I just, I just started crying and he's like, you cannot cry every time you get a rejection.
Rico: [00:37:14] Now did you send them out one at a time. Did you bulk send any of them out?
Mayra: [00:37:16] Yeah, I did. I bulk sent them and I kept a spreadsheet with, you know, yeah with every single one.
Rico: [00:37:25] Did they include people that didn't respond or people or they all responded, but rejected?
Mayra: [00:37:29] No. So what happens when you're, when you're trying to find an agent is a lot. There's a couple of ways to go. So sometimes you can meet people at a conference and you can pitch your work in a conference and they'll tell you if they want to read more or not. And other times you just, you do what's called a cold query. So the agent says, Hey, I'm open for queries and this is what I'm looking for. And then you, if your manuscript fits that description, then you send them an email saying, Hey, this, I got this. Like, are you interested? And sometimes they just respond with a form letter or sometimes they request your stuff if they think it's good and they liked it. And other times you never hear back.
Rico: [00:38:08] Did you ever get a rejection letter where they actually gave you some advice that was meaningful? Probably not.
Mayra: [00:38:15] Well, let me see. It was interesting when they actually requested to see the manuscript because it felt that I was close. That was like, okay, so they are interested in the story and, and they want to see what I have to say. So that was very encouraging. And I ultimately, I knew that whoever was gonna end up being my agent and she was just going to like it from day one and she was going to be excited about the book. I mean, from day one. And that's exactly how it happened.
Rico: [00:38:48] Did that change a little bit through the editing process? I mean, did it have any major changes or?
Mayra: [00:38:55] Yes. I mean, it got, all books change. Like it's like, When you, when you are writing to be published, and if you're, if you're serious about the craft of writing, you have to be open to edits. Because, books that, for example, the book that I'm working on right now, we are on our fourth round of edits. This is after the polished draft. So it's gone to our agents back and forth, three, three or four times. and every time the book becomes stronger, and then now when the book goes to publisher and it gets acquired by a publisher, there's going to be, again, numerous, numerous rounds of edits. So by the time Salty, Bitter, Sweet was ready to go to press, I think it had been edited probably between 30 and 40 times. Yeah. I didn't like read through it, made changes that, that, that many times.
Rico: [00:39:55] Yeah. So what would you say to a young person that might be, that wants to write, they're in high school, you're going to be at Norcross High school at some point. What would you say to them if they said, you know, I write these profiles all the time. I haven't really sat down to write. What would you say to them that they should do to get it done, to get the first book done regardless, good or bad, but just to finish it. Cause the right processes really it's not a book until you finish it.
Mayra: [00:40:22] Yeah. Keep writing. You know, writing is one of those things that you learn by doing it. You know, you're not, you're not going to learn writing by sitting in a classroom. You know, you, you learn writing by actually sitting down, writing, getting your work critiqued and going back and editing. And then when you have gotten to that point with that particular manuscript that you just, I cannot do anything else with this. Then you move on and you write something else and you bring everything that you learned from that first manuscript into the second one and so on and so forth.
Rico: [00:40:55] It's not surprising. It's amazing to me. I mean, Stephen King, even, I think he wrote it by four or five manuscripts before Carrie got published. And, and then I think the Stand was one of those. But, yeah, these writers, it's, I envy you guys. I'd love to do that, but, you know, it's just like, it's a struggle. I mean, to get it done.
Mayra: [00:41:18] I mean it is and it's not. I love writing. I cannot imagine my life. Without writing. I mean, it just gives me such a sense of joy and a sense of purpose. And I love telling stories for me, something very meaningful. And the way, we, we grow as, as humans and as civilizations is
with our stories, by the stories that we pass on to one another. So story is incredibly important, in communities and humanity as a whole. Also, fiction specifically has so many benefits. it just, the main one. It just makes you happy, you know, it just, it makes you happy to read good fiction.
Rico: [00:42:04] Yeah. Makes you laugh, maybe sometimes, maybe even cry.
Mayra: [00:42:07] Yes, it does. And it gives you empathy. It builds, you know, studies have shown that it builds empathy with one another. And with our communities are so polarized right now that I think that is so important that we learn to see the world from somebody else's point of view that, you know, we may not always have access to.
Rico: [00:42:28] Different perspectives.
Mayra: [00:42:29] Yes.
Rico: [00:42:30] Diversity also brings sometimes clarity to problems. Yes. That's good. We've been speaking to Mayra Cuevas, who's written her first published book, but not the first book in her repertoire and Salty, Bitter, Sweet. It's going to be coming out in March.
Mayra: [00:42:46] It's coming out March 3rd, we have a pre-release event of everybody's welcome, invited to come. It's going to be at the Decatur library, amphitheater. Friday, sorry, on Saturday, February 29th at 5:00 PM.
Rico: [00:43:02] And they can find more information about you or follow you on what or where?
Mayra: [00:43:06] Follow, well, the best place to go is my website. It's MayraCuevas.com.
Rico: [00:43:11] All right, cool. Thank you. I appreciate you. Thank you so much.
Mayra: [00:43:15] It's been great to be here. Thank you.
Rico: [00:43:17] Bye guys.
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ART Station Theatre presents Ray Bradbury Live (forever)
The ART Station Theatre in Stone Mountain Village presents a new play written and performed by Emmy-winner Bill Oberst, Jr. in Ray Bradbury Live (forever) .
Ray Bradbury turned generations of readers onto fantasy, sci-fi and dreams of the future. Emmy-winner Bill Oberst, Jr. is Ray in Ray Bradbury Live (forever) a brand new multimedia stage tribute. With large-screen visuals, an original score and selections from classics like Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Martian Chronicles, it is 90 minutes of eloquence, exuberance and hope – all in Ray's own words. "Ray makes your spirit want to soar" – IndyStar.
Performances will be in the ART Station Theatre Thursday, February 27, Friday, February 28, Saturday, February 29 at 8pm. There will be a Sunday afternoon performance at 3 pm.
Tickets prices are $20 for students and military, $25 for seniors and $29 for adults. Additional fee apply for rows A and B.
Reservations may be made by calling the ART Station Box Office at 770 469 1105 or visit our online Box Office at www.artstation.org
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Wesleyan Artist Market Announces Roster of Juried Artists and Book Signing
For the 22nd Annual Wesleyan Artist Market, April 23-25th, 2020
On December 16th, 2019, The Wesleyan Artist Market announced the roster of professional artists for the 22nd annual Wesleyan Artist Market.
Nine of Wesleyan's Top 10 Artists from 2019 will return in 2020, including painters Ali Leja, Duluth, GA, Liz Lane, Homewood, AL, Elaine Jackson, Vestavia Hills, AL, and Kendall Boggs, Homewood, AL. Top jewelers include Charissa King/Isabelle Gray Designs, Erin Gray/Erin Gray Design, Kim Waczak/Nikko Blu Designs, and Lisa Resnick/Lisa Jill Jewelry.
The Wesleyan Artist Market is a Fine Arts, Jewelry, and Fine Wares show. The event is held at Wesleyan School and is a three-day indoor art show featuring the works of 79 professional artists. Now in its 22nd year, the Wesleyan Artist Market is one of the premier school-sponsored art shows in the Southeast. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.
Earlier in the month, the Artist Market also announced an Opening Night Kick-Off event with James Farmer, famed Interior Designer, Author, and Speaker. James will be on hand Thursday evening, April 23, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm for a book signing of his Wall Street Journal bestseller A Place to Call Home (plus two other titles).
The Wesleyan Artist Market will also feature a Designer Preview Hour, ahead of Opening Night, from 5:00 – 6:00 pm, April 23. The Preview is an open invitation to the Design community to preview the booths of the participating artists, ahead of the official Opening at 6:00 pm that evening.
For more information about the Wesleyan Artist Market, go to www.artistmarket.wesleyanschool.org. For more information about Wesleyan School, go to www.wesleyanschool.org. Wesleyan School is located at 5405 Spalding Drive, Peachtree Corners, GA.
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Stearns enjoyed a cushy job as CEO of luxury china company Lenox Inc., when his life was interrupted by God — he was asked to leave his career and take the helm at World Vision. He was not at all excited by the prospect, as this new direction required moving his wife and five children across the country, taking a huge pay cut and battling human suffering in countries about which he knew virtually nothing. After a lot of prayer and even more kicking and screaming, Stearns realized that this was the path God had for him. After saying yes, he "experienced the privilege of serving on the front lines of the kingdom … and the joy of feeling for the first time in my life that I was doing what I was created to do." In Unfinished, Stearns encourages readers to discover their own unique roles in God's Kingdom, asserting, "I believe there is a direct connection between the unfinished work of God's kingdom and our sense of feeling incomplete in our faith." Offering inspirational stories and practical suggestions, he urges the reader to accept the invitation to a life full of greater meaning and joy.
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The Thanksgiving Prayer of David, after Nathan had prophecied to him concerning the establishment of his throne, and the glories to be derived to his posterity from the birth of the Mcssias who should spring from his seed, 1 Chron. 17. and 2 Samuel, 7.
Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terriblencss, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? For thy people Israel didst thou
make thine own people for ever; and thou,Lord, becamest their God. Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, the Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant, that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant. Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
The Prayer of Solomon, at the dedication of the Temple, 1 Kings, 8. and 2 Chron. 6.
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This class is specifically tailored to the pregnant woman. It looks at poses to open the pelvis to prepare for birth, strengthen legs to increase stamina for birth & for carrying around another person, poses to open the chest & shoulders to counter rounding in the upper back & poses to strengthen posture to help reduce back pain & muscle separation. However its not just about poses, this class addresses the pelvic floor, what it is & why it's important to tone it, breathing techniques are learnt for birth & beyond, optimal foetal positioning is a big focus & issues are discussed such fear, letting go of control & flight & fight response & its relevance to pregnancy & birth & many other gems! It is safe to attend from 12 weeks & over
You also have access to our beautiful Restorative Yoga Sessions (Monday 7.15pm and Saturdays 4.30pm – dates vary). These classes are very gentle and easily modified for women at any stage of their pregnancy.
What are the Benefits?
- develops strength & stamina
- helps with balance
- relieves tension in lower back, hips, chest, upper back, neck & shoulders
- calms nervous system
- preparation for labour
- connection with baby
- learn breath work techniques for birth & beyond
- encourages a sense of community with other pregnant women
- gives time to relax
It is still safe to do yoga if you have any of the following during pregnancy:
- low blood pressure
- pelvic instability (sacroiliac joint instability or symphysis pubis dysfunction)
- sciatic nerve pain
- varicose veins
- gestational diabetes
- migraines
- low lying placenta
- muscle separation
- fluid retention (swelling in ankles or wrists)
- nausea
- lower back pain
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- gestational hypertension
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WHEN TO ARRIVE Please arrive 10 minutes before class start time to fill out an intake form, orientate yourself in the space, choose a mat + get settled.
WHAT TO BRING All equipment is provided. Feel free to bring a water bottle, otherwise filtered water is available in reception.
WHAT TO WEAR Please wear comfy clothes that you can move in. The latest active-wear definitely not required; we hold a safe + welcoming space in which your can explore movement + feel comfortable + confident in your own skin!
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2 teaspoons dried oregano
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1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 jalapeno, seeded and ribs removed, chopped
1 lime
1 orange
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Bertie Greatheed (1759-1826) of Guy's Cliffe (in this parish) was the son of Samuel Greatheed MP and his wife Lady Mary, whose maiden name was Bertie, the daughter of the 2nd Duke of Ancaster. He was baptised at St Mary's Church in Warwick. He was a dramatist and wrote a tragedy play called The Regent, which was staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1788, but was withdrawn after 9 nights. He was supported in this endeavour by the actress Mrs Siddons, who had once been an attendant to his mother and was a frequent guest at Guy's Cliffe; he dedicated the subsequent publication of the play to her. Bertie also composed the wording for the plaque on Gaveston's Cross, which commemorates the execution place of Piers Gaveston in 1312 on Blacklow Hill (south of Leek Wootton) and was visible from the manor house at Guy's Cliffe. The source of his wealth was plantations on St Kitts in the Caribbean. He is recorded as owning around 20 slaves in 1822 and there is speculation that primitive carvings in one of the stable buildings at Guy's Cliffe may have been carved by slaves. Bertie Greatheed was a prominent figure and landlord in Leek Wootton, Milverton and Warwick. He was heavily involved in the development of Leamington Spa (circa 1810), owning land that was developed on the west side of The Parade, encouraged investors in the development of the town and was a partner in the Pump Rooms. He died in 1826. He had adopted his mother's surname, Bertie, into his surname and gives his name in his Will as Bertie Bertie Greatheed. His only son, also named Bertie had died in 1804 in Italy, but he had married in France and had a daughter, Anne Caroline, who was adopted by her grandparents and brought up in England as the heiress of Guy's Cliffe.
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The Wise Family of Woodcote
Henry Christopher Wise was the great-great-grandson of Henry Wise of The Priory, Warwick, Royal Gardener successively to William III, Anne and George I. He inherited The Priory (now the location of Warwickshire County Record Office) in 1850 and had been renting Woodcote (the building currently owned by Warwickshire Police), since 1830. In 1851 he sold The Priory and 37 acres of adjoining land to the Oxford Junction Railway Company and bought Woodcote, which joined up with the remainder of The Priory estate.
During his ownership the estate was enlarged and improved, the old house was demolished, a new house built and gardens and pleasure grounds developed. He had six sons and two daughters by his first wife, but was survived by only two sons, George and Augustus (who was 'an invalid') and one daughter. George inherited the property in 1883, but on his death in 1888, it was entailed away to the descendants of Henry Christopher Wise's sister, Catherine, due to Augustus's poor health (he died in 1912 in a psychiatric asylum) and by-passing George's paternal half-brother Eddie, who was in line to inherit the Disbrowe family estate in Derbyshire from a maternal maiden aunt.
During the Wise family's time at Woodcote, they contributed to church and community life and George and Augustus established the Annual Flower Show in 1868, which continues to be one of the key events of life in Leek Wootton.
The Waller Family of Woodcote
When George Wise died in 1888, Woodcote (now owned by Warwickshire Police), was inherited by Maj Gen George Henry Waller, the son of his father's sister, Catherine, and a veteran of the Crimea War. He was married with four children, Margaret, Francis, Wathen and Edith.
In January 1892 his father, Sir Thomas, died and he inherited a baronetcy (originally bestowed on his grandfather Jonathan Wathen Waller, who was an eye surgeon to the Royal family and was present at the death of King George III). However, he died himself only 11 days later and the property and title were inherited by his son, Francis Ernest, who was aged 11 at the time.
Francis went on to join the Army and fought in the Boer War. He left the Army in 1908 and took up his duties as Lord of the Manor. He visited the elderly, the school (where he gave prizes and started races at sports events) and was a much loved squire. He was also a Magistrate, Deputy Lieutenant of the County and High Sheriff.
At the start of World War I he re-enlisted and was killed in October 1914, so his brother, Wathen inherited his land and title. He similarly resigned his commission in 1919 to devote himself to public works alongside his wife, Lady Viola.
When Sir Wathen Waller, Bt died in 1947, without issue, Lady Viola sold Woodcote to the County Council for police use and it became the Headquarters of the Warwickshire Constabulary. His title passed to his second cousin, Edmund Waller, the grandson of Sir Thomas's brother, Ernest Adolphus.
The Wright family of Wootton Court (now The Hayes)
The Wright family lived at Wootton Court (now called The Hayes), to the south of Leek Wootton, from 1882-1952.
It was purchased by industrialist Francis Beresford Wright, owner of the Butterley Company in Derbyshire, in the hope that the clean Warwickshire air would be beneficial to his wife, Adeline. Francis died in 1911 and Adeline in 1924, when Wootton Court was inherited by their son, Arthur Fitzherbert Wright.
After extensive refurbishment, Arthur, his wife Daisy and their nine children moved into the house in 1927.
During World War II Arthur and Daisy's daughter-in-law, Doreen, wife of their eldest son, Gilbert, moved in to help look after them and their home. In 2012 the Leek Wootton History Group published Doreen's wartime diary (please contact the history group if you are interested in buying a copy).
After Arthur's death in 1952 the family sold the house and moved to Stone Edge, which overlooks Wootton Court.
Early in the new millennium, the house was converted into flats and its name reverted to The Hayes (it had been called The Hayes or Green Hayes prior to the Wright family's ownership).


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A person was struck and killed by an outbound Metra train Thursday night between the Round Lake and Long Lake stations, authorities said.
The unidentified victim was struck just before 6 p.m. near the intersection of Fairfield Road and Long Lake Road, which runs parallel to the Milwaukee District North Line tracks.
"It was pretty much between the two stations," said Meg Reile, a Metra spokeswoman. "It was at least mile from (either) station. It was no where in the vicinity where you could construe the person was going to either station."
The crash involved train No. 2129, which left Chicago at 4:40 p.m. and was due in Fox Lake at 6:04 p.m. The train was delayed 80 minutes during the crash scene investigation, and other outbound and inbound trains also experienced significant delays, Reile said.
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Notice of Deadline to File Applications for a Place on the Ballot
2020.01.10 Lakeside WCID No. 1 – Notice of Deadline to File Applications for Place on Ballot for May 2, 2020 Director Election
Polling places for the May 2, 2020 election, if contested, will be determined by Travis County.
Pursuant to Texas Water Code § 51.072, to be qualified for election as a director, a person must:
- be a Texas resident
- own land subject to taxation in the district or be a qualified voter in the district
- and be 18 years of age or older.
In accordance with Texas Water Code § 51.075 and Texas Election Code § 144.005(b), a person seeking to file for candidacy for the office of director may file an application with the secretary of the board to have the person's name printed on the election ballot. The application must be signed by the applicant or by at least 10 qualified electors of the district, and must be filed no later than 5 p.m. of the 78th day before the date of the election (Friday, February 14, 2020).
- Section 141.031 of the Election Code further dictates that a candidate's application for a place on the ballot must:
- be in writing;
- be signed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths in this state by the candidate and indicate the date that the candidate swears to the application;
- be timely filed with the appropriate authority;
- and include:
- the candidate's name;
- the candidate's occupation;
- the office sought, including any place number or other distinguishing number;
- an indication of whether the office sought is to be filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have place numbers or other distinguishing numbers;
- a statement that the candidate is a United States citizen;
- a statement that the candidate has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
- totally mentally incapacitated;
- or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
- a statement that the candidate has not been finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
- the candidate's date of birth;
- the candidate's residence address or, if the residence has no address, the address at which the candidate receives mail and a concise description of the location of the candidate's residence;
- the candidate's length of continuous residence in the state and in the territory from which the office sought is elected as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
- the statement: "I, __________, of __________ County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of __________, swear that I will support and defend the constitution and laws of the United States and of the State of Texas";
- a statement that the candidate is aware of the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code;
- and a public mailing address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if available, and an electronic mail address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if available.
Additional information on filing for public office is available at https://www.sos.state.tx.us/index.html. The Lakeside Water Control and Improvement District #1 will hold an election to elect two board members on May 2, 2020. Any individual seeking candidacy as a Lakeside WCID #1 board member may contact the law offices of Lloyd Gosselink for the relevant materials. Those materials include:
Both forms must be submitted prior to the filing deadline on February 14, 2020. Incomplete forms or forms that are untimely filed will render the individual ineligible for inclusion on the ballot.
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Tax Rate Proposal Meeting – September 25th – Blackhawk Amenity Center – 3111 Speidel Drive – 7:00 PM
Greetings all. Please see the attached notice for the tax rate proposal meeting: 2018.09.19 2019 Notice of Proposed Tax Rate
Lakeside WCID 1 October Meeting Notice
Greetings all. Lakeside WCID #1 Board of Directors will be meeting Tuesday, October 8th at 7:00 PM .<HERE!>
NEW! To report illegal dumping or any other water quality or stormwater violations, please contact the Travis County Environmental Quality program at (512) 854-4400. For additional information, please follow this link.
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Request for Qualifications for Feasibilty Study for Swimming Pool
Lakeside Water Control and Improvement District No.1 is soliciting statements of qualifications ("SOQs") from interested parties to prepare a feasibility study regarding the construction of a new swimming pool and/or aquatic center for recreation, competition, and fitness. The terms for such services will be established through a negotiated contract, and compensation will be based upon qualifications and experience. Accordingly, this RFQ invites respondents to submit SOQs for the comprehensive swimming pool feasibility study described herein.
Request For Proposals ("R/P") to Design, Procure and Install Playground Equipment and Fall Zone Material
Lakeside Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 (the "District) is soliciting proposals from interested parties to design, provide, and install playground equipment and fall zone material in connection with the District's soon-to-be-built amenity center at 1701 Rowe Loop, Pflugerville, Texas 78660.


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Candidate bio:
When police spread rumours of witchcraft in an age of mob volatility, its certain that threat to life isn't too far away. Or a claim against the police minister for endangering innocent people's lives.
While acting at the Gauteng Division of the High Court in January 2018 Marcus Senyatsi ordered the state to make a R850 000 damages pay-out to Frans Mojapelo after police had alleged he had kept a skeleton and an unlicensed firearm on his premises.
In Mojapelo T/A Jikeleza Tavern v Minister of Safety and Security and Another, Mojapelo had argued that because of the unsubstantiated rumours his life had been in danger and he had to relocate his family.
Senyatsi held: "In my view [Mojapelo] is entitled to a substantial damages award. He had to relocate his family from Siyabuswa as the insult was potentially endangering his life. We know in the Republic that someone accused of keeping for instance [sic] human skeleton at his house in some communities may be associated with the practice of witchcraft which may lead to such person being killed. This is why our law has made it a criminal offence to accuse anyone of witchcraft. The injury suffered as a result of such accusation by the second defendant is understandable and cannot be under estimated."
An ANC member from 1999-2012, Senyatsi has spent five acting stints at the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa.
Senyatsi has shown solid adjudication abilities in the meat and bones of high court cases, including appeals against denial of bail and the admission of evidence in criminal procedure applications.
His judgment in Stirling v Fairgrove (Pty) Ltd and Others was considered reportable after he held the Registrar of Deed was liable for failing to do a due diligence on scam artists purporting to be conveyancers who fraudulently sold a property without the consent of its owner.
Senyatsi holds a B.Proc (1984) and an LLB (1989) from the University of Limpopo. He has previously worked as a legal advisor for the Lebowa bantustan's development corporation and as an attorney before starting his own practice in 1993. Between 2001-2008 he was the executive manager at South African Airways and is currently legal manager at the Industrial Development Corporation. He was previously cautioned for a late return of a trust fund financial statement.
October 2019 Interview:
October 2018 Interview:
October 2018 Interview Synopsis:
Addressing concerns raised by the General Council of the Bar (GCB) that he did not have enough courtroom experience because of the time spent in the corporate world, attorney Marcus Senyatsi, assured the Judicial Service Commission that he "was never lost to the legal fraternity".
He said he had garnered enough experience acting at the high court and while working as a legal advisor in the private sector to feel he would be on top of things on the Bench.
On delivering judgments timeously, Senyatsi said he got "concerned when I have reserved judgments… its a matter of diligence".
During his half-hour interview, commissioners noted that Senyatsi and been a member of the ANC and had worked at South African Airways and the Industrial Development Corporation. He assured the commission that he would recuse himself from any matters involving either of these companies if the case involved issues which he was directly linked to.
Senyatsi said he had briefed "many black advocates" during his time as an attorney.
During a line of questioning around protecting the intellectual property rights of indigenous knowledge systems and geographic indication certifications, Senyatsi appeared unfamiliar with the latest developments.
Senyatsi came across a little stilted during his unsuccessful interview and certainly appeared much stronger on paper — where he has delivered, in the main, clear and uncluttered judgments.


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