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

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

Atlanta Gas Firm's Contamination to Force Savannah, Ga., Lady from Home.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Robert Pavey May 1--Frances Milton spends her afternoons in a rocking chair on the front porch of the home she has enjoyed for 38 years. The house holds fond memories of her family -- five children, 10 grandchildren and five...

Savannah, Ga., Entrepreneur Celebrates Area Sports History.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Paula Williamson May 1--Savannah has a rich history. Walking her tree-lined avenues evokes memories, dreams and a nostalgia for times long gone. Her history is rife with stories of people from those by-gone eras. But heard less...

Savannah, Ga.-Area High Schoolers Shadow Doctors This Week.
May 1, 2001... Byline: Mary Landers May 1--Monday wasn't an ordinary school day for Johnson High senior Eric Lindsay. For one thing, he watched a circumcision. "I felt sorry for the kid," Lindsay said of the infant. "He was not having the best...

Georgia Caregivers Debate In-Home Rates.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Mary Landers May 4--Pam Hensley doesn't want to live in a nursing home again. "There's no choice whatsoever," the 46-year-old said. "What you did, when you did it, where you did it, what you ate. No choice at all." ...

Developer Considers Historic Savannah, Ga., Mortuary for a High-End Hotel.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin May 4--One of Savannah's oldest funeral homes might soon become an upscale hotel, restaurant and parking garage. Service Corporation International, which owns the Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors complex at 700...

Assessors Hike Paper Company's Chatham County, Ga., Property Taxes.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Shannon Lynch May 4--Some Chatham County residents are tired of International Paper getting a break on property taxes. Wednesday they got what they wanted from the Board of Assessors -- International Paper property is being...

Michigan-Based Development Company Plans to Buy Phoenix-Based Homebuilder.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner May 4--Pulte Homes wants people to park in its garages, cook in its kitchens, play in its streets and sleep under its roofs from starter house to retirement bungalow. Tuesday, the Bloomsfield Hills, Mich.-based...

Savannah, Ga.-Based Telecom Company Joins Technology Project.
May 4, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner May 4--For the first time, Georgia's program to attract high-tech companies to the state includes a company not located in Metro-Atlanta. Gov. Roy Barnes announced Thursday night that Savannah-based H.O. Systems...

Downtown Savannah, Ga., Works to Lure Both National Chains, Local Retailers.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Noelle Phillips May 9--The tourists pressed their faces against the plate glass window of Joe Bean's Coffee House, squinting to see inside. Instead of staring at coffee lovers sipping steaming cups of java, they saw Jeff Meads...

Georgia Group Blasts Fast-Track Plan to Put Non-Teachers into Classrooms.
May 9, 2001... Byline: Doug Gross May 9--ATLANTA--A state educators group used a day designed to honor teachers to take aim at a new program that quickly trains non-teachers and puts them in classrooms. Ralph Noble, president of the 36,000-member...

Savannah, Ga., Small Business Chamber Honors Its Own with Song.
May 10, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin May 10--Rarely does knowing the words to Don Mclean's "American Pie" come in handy at an awards ceremony. Ditto for recognizing the theme song to the TV show "The Jeffersons" as a mantra for small-business...

Savannah, Ga., Chamber Honors Small Business Owners.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin May 11--Small-business owners looking for vision, validation and inspiration need only turn an ear toward Michael Coles. A lot of local small business owners got to do just that Thursday night. Coles,...

Savannah, Ga.-Based Electric Company Backs Review of Rate Recovery Allowance.
May 11, 2001... May 11--Savannah Electric officials asked the Georgia Public Service Commission Wednesday to reconsider part of the utility's Fuel Cost Recovery Allowance. On April 30, the commission allowed Savannah Electric to increase the money it...

Georgia Expects Long-Term Decline in Highway Revenue.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Dave Williams May 11--ATLANTA--The Georgia Department of Transportation will have only $36 billion available during the next 25 years to meet $51 billion in projected needs, DOT consultants say in an update of the department's...

Savannah, Ga., Gets a Glimpse at Wireless Future.
May 11, 2001... Byline: Ben Werner May 11--High-tech employees earn 95 percent more than other private industry employees, but all such Savannah workers would not even fill the typical local high school gymnasium or match the Sandgnats' average nightly...

International Paper Will Close Another Bag Machine.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Noelle Phillips May 19--International Paper announced Friday that it will shut down a machine used to make paper, the second such closure since March. Company officials gave the news to union leaders Friday morning, and they...

Experts Say Georgia Economy Slowing But Probably Won't Stall.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Walter C. Jones May 20--ATLANTA--Georgia's economy is shifting into low gear for at least the next six months, and the change of pace could be uncomfortable, predicts Georgia State University's Econometric Forecasting Center. ...

Georgia Elections Officials Test Hi-Tech Ballots at Voting Machine Conference.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Kate Wiltrout May 22--And you thought choosing a cell phone was confusing. Electronic voting machine vendors from across the country are in Savannah this week, hoping to dazzle state elections officials at their annual...

Savannah, Ga.-Area Mall Officials Announce Plan to Expand Food Court.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Tasha Gatlin May 22--Coming soon at Oglethorpe Mall: a 20,000-square-foot food court, a spruced up facade facing Abercorn Street, new landscaping and improved parking areas and lighting. General Manager Phillip McConnell...

Georgia's Secretary of State Outlines Plans for Voting Reform.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Kate Wiltrout May 22--Cathy Cox will never forget how close she was to being fodder for the nation's comics. "It was nothing but luck that kept us out of the world's spotlight last November," Georgia's Secretary of State told a...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Bill Dawers Column.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Bill Dawers May 31--`LEGAL LOAN SHARKING' IMPERILS ONE LOCAL FAMILY: A recent Morning News story addressed the perils of predatory lending by subprime loan companies and the growing campaign to regulate them. Coincidentally, a few...