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

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

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jun. 1--When to tip, whom to tip and how much to tip are questions that bother us all at one time or other. The word "tip" originated as an acronym for the phrase, "To ensure promptness." Obviously, it began as a...

Savannah, Ga., Art and Design Graduates Start Furniture Business.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Bill Dawers Jun. 1--The recent reception for Savannah College of Art and Design graduate student Seth Long Keaveny's thesis show was more of a beginning than an ending. Keaveny and Joda Henry, who graduated from SCAD last fall,...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Personal Finance Column.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jun. 1--When you invest is not nearly as important as the discipline of investing regularly. According to one study that used the period between 1965 and 1995, if you bought stocks once a year and picked the worst day...

Tourism Expert Offers Tips for Vitality in Savannah, Ga.-Area Travel Industry.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 1--Be aggressive. Be creative. Be optimistic. Be first, or as close to first as you can get. That's some advice a veteran to the hospitality field offered Friday to more than 125 people who work in the area...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Lauren Rudd Column.
June 1, 2001... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jun. 1--Last week's column delved into the issue of when you should consider selling a stock. To summarize what I wrote last week, unrealized profits or losses never are sufficient reasons to sell. As an example,...

United Way Funds Home-Buying Program in Chatham County, Ga.
June 4, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 4--Getting a piece of the American Dream just got four times easier for some low- and moderate-income residents in the Savannah area. The United Way of the Coastal Empire said Thursday that it will match $4...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jun. 12--THE PARKING LOT, COATROOM AND RESTROOM: MORE TIPS ON TIPPING: When dining out, you not only have to be concerned about tipping the waiters and waitresses, you also have to think about other service people as...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Bill Dawers Column.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Bill Dawers Jun. 12-- LOOMING LOTTERY SALES UPSET SOME KROGER SHOPPERS: With the hot weather here and the SCAD students gone, the streets downtown seem quiet, but battles big and little continue to be fought. One of the latest...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Investing Column.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jun. 12--WHAT'S GOOD WORKS IN POKER MAKES SENSE FOR TECH STOCKS, TOO: As the old Kenny Rogers song says, you got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em. What's good advice in poker makes sense for technology...

OPINION: Attorney Outlines Elements for Addressing Corporate Investigation.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Dennis Keene Jun. 12--In the first part of this series, the discussion involved the rights of corporate management when confronted by government civil and criminal investigators. Understanding these rights, however, provides...

PR Firms Fuel Questions Regarding Savannah, Ga., River Channel Deepening.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Gail Krueger Jun. 12--The battle over winning support for either deepening the Savannah harbor or building a private port in Jasper County has moved to the public relations arena. The Georgia Ports Authority has hired Dowling,...

After 40 Years, Savannah, Ga., Seamstress Cuts Out of Business.
June 12, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 12--It was the 1960s and Deloris Screen was a senior at Beach High School. On Career Day, people came to tell students about being a policeman, a fireman, going to nursing school and the like. Screen didn't...

Mega-Mergers Help Create Niche for Community-Based Lenders in Georgia.
June 13, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Jun. 13--For now, Brian Foster works out of an anonymous-looking office suite near Oglethorpe Mall. Across the street is Mall Boulevard Kroger. Opening his office door, though, Foster looks upon an intersection he...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Investing Column.
June 13, 2001... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jun. 13--When the markets react the way they have over the past year, many investors begin to think that successful investing requires some combination of black magic and luck. Unfortunately, those frustrations become...

Savannah, Ga., Residents Hope to Sell Residential Property Site.
June 19, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 19--Had Janice Proper known 36 years ago what she knows now about her neighborhood, she would have told the real estate agent no, thanks. Her 28-home neighborhood is surrounded by commercial development; the...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Jane Fishman Column.
June 20, 2001... Byline: Jane Fishman Jun. 20--For most people, there's a part of their job they'd just as soon not do. Figuring out a budget, for starters. Then keeping tabs on the budget. Then, when times get tough, like they are right now with the...

Chatham County, Ga., Planning Commission Approves Zoning Changes.
June 20, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 20--In the end, the residents of Wilshire Boulevard got what they wanted. But they could have played it safe Tuesday afternoon. The could have let the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning...

Chatham County, Ga., Health Officials Concerned about Proposed Spending Cuts.
June 21, 2001... Byline: Mary Landers Jun. 21--Less dental care and fewer prescription drugs. That's what the health department and the nonprofit MedBank are anticipating in light of proposed county budget cuts. Chatham County is aiming to keep...

Workers at Savannah, Ga., Pigment Plant Laid Off as Economy Slows.
June 21, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Jun. 21--For Kerr-McGee Corp., finding products that use the company's pigment is easy. The problem is getting people more confident about their future spending abilities and getting them to buy more of the frills...

Workers Near Completion of Road Extension in Western Liberty County, Ga.
June 21, 2001... Byline: Anne Cordeiro Jun. 21--West Liberty County residents will soon have a clear shot into Fort Stewart with a nearly 3.5-mile stretch of road. Contractors finished a half-mile section of the road, West 15th Street Extension, last...

Georgia Cities Form Association to Aid in Advocacy, Assistance Issues.
June 22, 2001... Byline: Gavin D. Burgess Jun. 22--Georgia is changing fast. What is the Georgia Municipal Association? A voluntary, non-profit organization that provides legislative advocacy, educational, employee benefit and technical assistance...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Jane Fishman Column.
June 22, 2001... Byline: Jane Fishman Jun. 22--There are days, Vernel Oliver admits, when he remembers life on the farm the wide open spaces of Burke County, the fishing, the hunting, working alongside his father and wonders if maybe he shouldn't have...

Georgia Transportation Board Votes to Minimize Role in Road-Naming Events.
June 22, 2001... Byline: Dave Williams Jun. 22--ATLANTA--Some sponsor other than the Georgia Department of Transportation will have to come up with money to pay for any future state highway or bridge-naming ceremonies that go beyond the basics. The...

Board of Savannah, Ga.-Area Trade Center Postpones Approval of Budget.
June 22, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jun. 22--Chatham County employees aren't the only ones worried about their employer's money problems. The possible impact of the shortfall is rippling across the river to Hutchinson Island as well. Board...

International Paper Plans to Cut 3,000 Jobs Nationwide.
June 25, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Jun. 25--Citing weak demand for paper products, International Paper is cutting more jobs -- this time 10 percent of its salaried workforce. The wood products giant announced late Monday that it would lay off 3,000 of...

Effingham County, Ga., Zoning Board Recommends against Landfill Plans.
June 26, 2001... Byline: Don Lowery Jun. 26--SPRINGFIELD, Ga.--The flood-prone banks of the Ogeechee River near Eden are not a suitable location for a landfill -- especially one operated by a company that has been repeatedly cited for another landfill it...

Savannah, Ga.-Area Residents Oppose Gas Pipeline.
June 27, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner Jun. 27--Dale Price wanted to know why a proposed 165-mile natural gas pipeline, intended to serve customers in Florida had to run from an Elba Island processing facility in Savannah. "Why bring it through our homes,...

Restoration of Savannah, Ga., Home Aided by Historical Buffs.
June 27, 2001... Byline: Gene Downs Jun. 27--They discussed period paint colors, wooden tassel molds and marble mantels with the excitement of children talking about birthday presents. They asked questions, looked at old photographs and recounted...

Transportation Officials Produce Options for Road Location in Savannah, Ga.
June 27, 2001... Byline: Bret Bell Jun. 27--When the Department of Transportation announced plans last summer to tear down 13 homes at the extreme western end of Victory Drive to make way for a bridge, residents sounded the alarm. Some of them have...

Supporters Say Deal Could Save Gullah Settlement on Sapelo Island, Ga.
June 28, 2001... Byline: Dave Williams Jun. 28--ATLANTA -- Georgia wants to buy more than half of the tiny community of Hog Hammock in a deal supporters say may be the only way to save for posterity the last African-American settlement on isolated Sapelo...

Georgia Governor Announces Plans to Cut Driver's License Lines.
June 28, 2001... Byline: Doug Gross Jun. 28--ATLANTA--Gov. Roy Barnes has put his political muscle behind efforts to shrink the long lines at driver's license offices throughout the state. At a Wednesday news conference, he announced plans that would...

Family Hopes to Revitalize Block in Savannah, Ga., Victorian District.
June 28, 2001... Byline: Bret Bell Jun. 28--Most families get together at dinnertime and discuss school or work or politics. The Sottiles gather at their Monterey Square home and plan the restoration of entire city blocks. The Sottile family...

Georgia Teacher Wages Rise: Tops in the South, Closing In on National Average.
June 28, 2001... Byline: Doug Gross Jun. 28--ATLANTA -- Georgia's teachers are the best-paid in the South, with an average salary creeping ever-closer to the national average, according to a recent report. But despite the attractive pay rate, which has...

Savannah, Ga., Symphony to Keep On Playing Despite Financial Problems.
June 29, 2001... Byline: Erin Rossiter Jun. 29--Thornton Clark pushed a wheelchair full of Savannah Symphony paperwork and souvenir glasses through Candler Hospital's sliding doors Thursday night. As president, he probably felt as though he helped save...