Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA) articles from December 2001

Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA) archives from December 2001

Savannah, Ga., Event to Feature Cooking of Local Celebrities.
December 4, 2001... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Dec. 4--Wendell Dallas is cooking with gas. No surprise there. The manager of the Southeast Georgia service area for Atlanta Gas Light Co. would never pass up an opportunity to crank up his shiny gas grill and put...

Officials Hope Two New Development Projects in Savannah, Ga., Signal Trend.
December 23, 2001... Byline: Charles Cochran Dec. 23--Officials say growth is finally reaching out to the still largely undeveloped northern part of Port Wentworth near the Effingham County line. The Rice Hope Professional Center will be the first...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Ports Column.
December 25, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Dec. 25--REVENUES: The Georgia Ports Authority reported revenues of $97.7 million for fiscal year 2001, compared to revenues of $88.2 million a year earlier, said Doug J. Marchand, the authority's executive director....

Georgia Cancer Project Enters Key Second Year.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Dave Williams Dec. 26--ATLANTA--With cancer killing more than 12,000 Georgians every 12 months, health-care leaders from across the state were hoping 2001 would be the year Gov. Roy Barnes named a board of directors to oversee the...

Ships, Fishing Gear Continue to Threaten Right Whales in Georgia Waters.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Gail Krueger Dec. 26--Right whales look good this year. They're fat, sleek and shiny black. Well-fed. The first mother-calf pair was sighted in Georgia off St. Catherine's Island Dec. 19. Researchers anticipate a good year...

Savannah, Ga.-Area Wood Products Industry Faces Uphill Future.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Dec. 26--Overall, the wood products industry -- which directly employs more than 4,000 people in the Savannah area -- has been down for a few years. A combination of cheaper wood sources overseas makes foreign-grown...

Charitable Giving Organizations Suffer in 2001.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Dec. 28--Predicting the economy is never a sure thing -- especially in the middle of a recession. Area businesses, social service and nonprofit groups, and governmental agencies are tightening their budgets and...