Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) articles from July 2003

Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) archives from July 2003

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business Briefs Column.
July 13, 2003... Jul. 13--RISING UNEMPLOYMENT: The unemployment rate in the Athens metropolitan statistical area (MSA) increased to 2.9 percent from April's 2.7 percent. The Athens MSA comprises Clarke, Madison, Oconee and Oglethorpe counties. The...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Business Briefs Column.
July 13, 2003... Jul. 13--MASSAGE THERAPISTS CONTINUE TRAINING: Athens massage therapists Tate Silcox, CSMT, NMT, NKT, and Denise Patterson, CMT, recently attended the Trigger Point Therapy Workshop held in Atlanta and taught by Claire Davies. The two-day...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson Column.
July 13, 2003... Byline: Don Nelson Jul. 13--LAMP DESIGNER COMES UP WITH 'BRIGHT IDEA' FOR EXPANSION: Linda Cook was at a crossroads. The owner of Bright Ideas had been creating her custom lamps in her home and selling them out of a small retail shop above...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson Column.
July 13, 2003... Byline: Don Nelson Jul. 13--REPORT DEBUNKS LIABILITY CAPS' EFFECTIVENESS: Florida lawmakers, who are working on legislation designed to stem skyrocketing liability insurance for doctors, should heed a report recently released by Weiss...

New Retail Tenant Sought for Building in Downtown Athens, Ga.
July 13, 2003... Byline: Don Nelson Jul. 13--The owners of the former Gap building in downtown Athens again are seeking a retail tenant for the nearly 6,000 square feet of commercial space on East Clayton Street in the central business district. ...

Athens, Ga., Retail Center Struggles in Wake of Wal-Mart Relocation.
July 17, 2003... Byline: Don Nelson Jul. 17--Books-A-Million's scheduled closing and the planned relocation of Michaels Arts & Crafts store at Perimeter Square will serve as two more body blows to the already struggling shopping center in Athens. ...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Archie B. Carroll Column.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Archie B. Carroll Jul. 22--LAWYERS, NOT LAW, RUN THE WORLD: Around the world and over the centuries, countries evolving through stages of economic development have aspired to transition from the "rule of man" to the "rule of law."...

Athens, Ga., Handyman Uses Motorola Layoff to Jump-Start Home Repair Company.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Ronell Smith Jul. 22--On an August morning in 2002, Ed Beckham got the phone call most workers hope never to receive. His boss at telecommunication giant Motorola summoned Beckham to his office -- and told him to bring the...

Specialty Ice Cream Shops Deluge Athens, Ga., Market.
July 29, 2003... Byline: Ronell Smith Jul. 29--When Ken Madison took over ownership of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store formerly on Alps Road at Colonial Promenade Beechwood in 1991, he could count his competitors on one hand. There was TCBY, which...

Athens. Ga., Hospitality Businesses Object to Marketing of Convention Facility.
July 30, 2003... Byline: Allison Floyd Jul. 30--A small group of businessmen is challenging the way the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is marketing the soon-to-open space at the Foundry Street Warehouses, alleging that the publicly owned...

Battle over Appointments to Clarke County, Ga., Hospital Board Lands in Court.
July 31, 2003... Byline: Allison Floyd Jul. 31--Over the years, local leaders used several different ways to pick people to serve on the Clarke County Hospital Authority. Sometimes authority members sent a pair of names to the county commission, sometimes...