Clarksville Living Magazine — May 2020

The May 2020 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine adopts graduating seniors robbed of a normal spring, salutes undercover heroes at APSU, and tells one Clarksville woman's COVID-19 survival story.

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“Adopt a Senior” answers a heartbreak of the spring of 2020: high-school and college seniors losing the milestones of their final year to the pandemic. The feature introduces adopted seniors like Gavin D., a student at the Academy of Media Arts and Technology, as the community rallied to celebrate a class denied its ceremonies.

“Undercover Heroes at APSU” spotlights the people at Austin Peay working quietly behind the scenes to keep the university running and its students supported through an unprecedented disruption.

“Keep Your Distance” puts the moment in global perspective — about one-third of the world's population was stuck indoors under some form of lockdown — and helps readers make sense of a strange, isolated new normal.

The issue's most personal story is “Defeating COVID-19.” On Thursday, March 19, Sabrina Bostain of Clarksville received the call confirming she had the virus, and the feature follows her illness and recovery — a local face on a global crisis, and a reminder that the pandemic's statistics were made of neighbors.

Together the features capture a community caring for its own under lockdown: celebrating its seniors, thanking its unseen workers, and standing with one of its own through recovery.

It is an issue defined by resilience and neighborliness, documenting how Clarksville chose to respond to fear with generosity — the through-line of the magazine's coverage all year.

The recurring departments and photo pages round out an issue defined by neighborliness under lockdown — a community determined to celebrate its graduates, thank its unseen workers, and stand beside a neighbor through recovery. It is some of the magazine's most affecting work, capturing how Clarksville chose to answer a frightening spring with generosity rather than fear.

Table of Contents

• Adopt a Senior (p. 6)
• Undercover Heroes at APSU (p. 8)
• Keep Your Distance (p. 12)
• Defeating Covid-19 (p. 14)
• Local Eats (p. 16)
• Pet Corner: (p. 18)
• Hooray for CHCA! (p. 20)

Regular departments

• Petpix (p. 19)
• Calendar (p. 24)
• Network (p. 28)