Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) articles from December 2002

Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) archives from December 2002

Home Improvement Headaches Draw Loudest Cries from Georgia, National Public.
December 1, 2002... Byline: Ronell Smith Dec. 1--Roofs that leak, poor driveway paving jobs and other home improvement headaches were the No. 1 and fastest-growing type of consumer complaint last year, surpassing gripes about car sales and household goods....

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson Column.
December 1, 2002... Byline: Don Nelson Dec. 1--Members of the Athens area art community have a new retail medium in which to cast about for their muse, or to buy art supplies to indulge those inspirations. The Elements Art Supply Inc., owned by Irene...

Clark, Ga.'s Poverty Rate Is Twice the Statewide Average.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Lee Shearer Dec. 3--Clarke's 28.3 percent poverty rate in 2000 was sharply up from 20 years ago, when Clarke's poverty rate was 20.7 percent. Georgia's poverty rate has declined over the past two decades -- but increased during the...

Athens-Clarke County, Ga., Commission Allows Convention Center Loan.
December 4, 2002... Byline: Janis Reid Dec. 4--The Athens-Clarke County Commission's decision to allow the Classic Center Authority to borrow up to $1.5 million through a private-sector loan will allow the convention center to begin the Foundry Street...

EPA Web Site Tells Who's Polluting and Who's Not.
December 4, 2002... Byline: Lee Shearer Dec. 4--A new government Web site will allow computer surfers to tell who's been naughty and who's been nice in your neighborhood -- at least when it comes to pollution. The federal Environmental Protection Agency's...

Athens-Clarke County, Ga., Commission Votes to Widen Road.
December 4, 2002... Byline: Janis Reid Dec. 4--Athens-Clarke County commissioners decided to go forward with the Barnett Shoals widening project at Tuesday's regular voting meeting, despite lingering concerns that the approved design may not be the safest....

Oconee County, Ga., Board of Education Plans for State's Financial Crisis.
December 4, 2002... Byline: Kimberly E. Mock Dec. 4--School districts across Northeast Georgia are tightening their belts in anticipation of additional state budget cuts expected for the remaining months of the 2002-03 fiscal year. On Monday, members of...

Group to Promote Tourism on Highway 441 in Georgia with Brochures.
December 5, 2002... Byline: Lee Shearer Dec. 5--A new brochure will soon join the dozens of others vying for travelers' attention at Georgia's welcome centers. The new brochure will promote things to see and do along Georgia's portion of U.S. Highway 441. ...

Georgia's Water Rights Should Not Be Sold, Group Says.
December 6, 2002... Byline: Lee Shearer Dec. 6--Georgia's water "should continue to be a public resource managed in the public interest," and not changed legally to a market commodity to be bought and sold, according to a report released Thursday by a...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business People Column.
December 8, 2002... Dec. 8--JOHNSON PROMOTED WITH CHRISTIAN ROOFING: At a recent breakfast meeting for employees of Christian Roofing & Remodeling, company President Frank Zehna, named Bryan Johnson as customer care manager for the Watkinsville-based business....

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Archie B. Carroll Column.
December 8, 2002... Byline: Archie B. Carroll Dec. 8--This past year has been a never ending, continuous case study in failed business ethics. The corporate leaders we have come to know about have been classic examples of deficient ethical leadership. ...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business Briefs Column.
December 9, 2002... Dec. 9--CHAMBER WILL HOST LEGISLATIVE PREVIEW: The Government Issues Committee of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce will host its Pre-Legislative Eggs and Issues Breakfast, at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Athens Holiday Inn on the corner...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson Column.
December 9, 2002... Byline: Don Nelson Dec. 9--Theresa Sundt (pronounced Soondt) and Toni Tribble met at the University of Georgia in 1984 on their first day of classes. The two women have remained friends since, and now are about to enter into a business...

Eager Customers Greet Athens, Ga.-Area Retailers.
December 10, 2002... Byline: Ronell Smith Dec. 10--Paulette Naylor's shopping style may best be compared to the Energizer bunny. She keeps buying and buying and buying. Instead of making lists and checking them twice, this real-life Santa has spent the last...

Economists See Tough Road for Tax Cuts, Economic Recovery.
December 13, 2002... Byline: Ronell Smith Dec. 13--In what is being hailed as an attempt at righting a tilted economy, President Bush this past week named former railroad executive John Snow as secretary of Treasury. The move, coming on the heels of the...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson Column.
December 13, 2002... Byline: Don Nelson Dec. 13--Beth Toole has a simple faith that her new business The Mustard Seed will make a go of it and help her and her family. "I'm a Christian, and it says in the Bible that with the faith the size of a mustard...

Conservation Subdivisions Gain Momentum in Georgia.
December 14, 2002... Byline: Allison Floyd Dec. 14--There wasn't a technical term for the style of their neighborhood when Jack and Sara Schatz moved a decade ago. So, Sara, then a master's student in landscape architecture, dubbed them "intentional...

Athens, Ga., Post Offices See High Mail Volume.
December 17, 2002... Byline: Kimberly E. Mock Dec. 17--For his first Christmas season, Mark Browning is pulling out all the stops to ensure that his customers' packages reach their destinations in time for Christmas. As the new owner of the Alps Road Mail...

Athens, Ga., Shortage of Affordable Housing Worsens.
December 21, 2002... Byline: Lee Shearer Dec. 21--Nearly one in three families in Athens don't earn enough money to rent or own any housing bigger than a two-bedroom house or apartment. And that percentage is likely to grow over the next several years,...

Survey Finds Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers Didn't Plan It that Way.
December 21, 2002... Byline: Ronell Smith Dec. 21--According to a national survey, American consumers planned to have the bulk of their holiday shopping done well before Christmas this year. Obviously consumers like Quincy Hutto didn't get that memo. ...

One of WorldCom's Four Remaining Board Members Talks about Company Rebuilding.
December 21, 2002... Byline: Ronell Smith Dec. 21--In just over two years, the economy has weathered shocks from a technology stock flameout, a recession and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. The accounting fraud at companies such as Enron and Arthur...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business Briefs Column.
December 22, 2002... Dec. 22--RESTAURANT PLANNED: The former Wayne Edwards Pharmacy building at 1280 Oconee Street will serve as the site for a restaurant expected to open in the spring of 2003. Wayne Edwards, who owns the building, said a couple who operate a...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business People Column.
December 22, 2002... Dec. 22--PARKER CERTIFIED AS REGISTERED PARALEGAL: Susan Draeger Parker, a litigation paralegal with Fortson, Bentley and Griffin, P.A. of Athens, has been certified as a registered paralegal after successful completion of the Paralegal...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Archie B. Carroll Column.
December 22, 2002... Byline: Archie B. Carroll Dec. 22--Who or what is responsible for the onslaught of corporate fraud and scandal that we have witnessed during 2002? As the finger pointing continues, there is a temptation to dwell on the CEOs, because more...

Extreme Violence, Sex Are Central Themes in Popular Video Game.
December 22, 2002... Byline: Stephen Gurr Dec. 22--In the world of Vice City, shooting at cops, picking up prostitutes, robbing banks and stealing cars is all part of a day's work. A new hard-edged HBO series? An NC-17-rated movie? No, it's "Grand...

Rome, Ga., Medical-Transcription Firm to Expand Athens Offices.
December 22, 2002

Clarke County, Ga., Sees Sales-Tax Surge, Rethinks Impact of Wal-Mart Move.
December 24, 2002... Byline: Kimberly E. Mock Dec. 24--A surge in Oconee County sales tax revenues has Clarke County officials rethinking the actual impact of Wal-Mart's exodus to the Epps Bridge Parkway corridor. Although Clarke County still maintains a...