Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) articles from September 2007

Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) archives from September 2007

Couple converts farmhouse to special events venue.
September 2, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 2--Finding a location to host a wedding proved a difficult proposition for On Guest, who was helping with her niece's search for a special occasion venue. Area facilities were either already booked or too...

Census Bureau provides food for thought.
September 2, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 2--Americans who worked at the time of the first Labor Day observance in 1882 labored under considerably different and harder conditions than people do today. Low wages, harsh and often unsafe working environments,...

CORRECTION: Use of personal checks declines as cards, cash gain popularity.
September 3, 2007... Byline: Chris J. Starrs Sep. 3--The story slugged AH-FEWER-CHECKS-20070903 moved by McClatchy-Tribune Regional News for Sept. 3 contained the incorrect dateline. The story was actually published on Sept. 30. Please delete or kill the...

UGA research chief touts benefits of biodefense lab.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 6--Researchers at a national bioterrorism research facility in Athens could develop a test to detect Asian flu carried by foreign travelers coming to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a...

UGA students, faculty push for more child care on campus.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Rebecca Quigley Sep. 6--On a recent weekday afternoon, while University of Georgia graduate student Denise Domizi sat through class, her husband cared for their 5-month-old daughter and picked up their 4-year-old girl from...

$3.5M for UGA security upgrades.
September 6, 2007... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 6--The University of Georgia should spend more than $3.5 million to upgrade its ability to respond to emergencies, according to committee reports that list dozens of specific changes UGA should make. This...

Mortgage offices close, lending tightens in Athens, Ga.
September 9, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 9--The national credit crunch driven by a housing slump and the subprime lending collapse hit Athens mortgage banker Donna Stalling hard. Stalling, who ran First Magnus (formerly AmTrust and before that Bankers...

Thailand native fills Athens, Ga., shop with imports.
September 9, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 9--Most every piece of merchandise in Suree Amonteerakul's new retail shop Suree X-Ordinary is handcrafted from her native country of Thailand. Embroidered silk wall hangings, bracelets, handbags, cards and...

Paramedics to receive overtime pay in lawsuit settlement.
September 15, 2007... Byline: Joe Johnson Sep. 15--Madison County emergency service workers will get heftier checks after the county settled with a former paramedic who claimed he was shortchanged on overtime pay. Scott Harpold, the former paramedic, sued...

Modern, high-tech classrooms bring gains and strains.
September 16, 2007... Byline: Benjamin Price Sep. 16--A modern 21st century classroom would have been hard to imagine a decade ago. Students blog with teachers about homework assignments, publish work on home pages, take online classes, create podcasts and...

Efforts to build a regional airport in Northeast Georgia met with opposition.
September 17, 2007... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 17--Efforts to build a regional airport in Northeast Georgia barely have gotten off the ground, but a group of Barrow County residents already are banding together to fight it. A newly formed group, Concerned...

Man challenges bonds for $350 million reservoir in Georgia.
September 17, 2007... Byline: Merritt Melancon Sep. 17--A Newton County man has put a temporary hold on the construction of the proposed $350 million reservoir that would serve Oconee and Walton counties. Sam M. Hay, a Newton County resident, has challenged...

Airline pitches shuttle plan to Athens, Ga., airport authority.
September 18, 2007... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 18--A company that provides air shuttles from small cities to Atlanta could begin operating in Athens early next year. Lawrenceville-based Wings Air will begin flying up to 12 to 15 flights a day from Athens-Ben...

Georgia residents want lake water to be released into dry stream.
September 18, 2007... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 18--CRAWFORD-Georgia's long drought has set neighbor against neighbor in Oglethorpe County, where a creek that flows from man-made Lake Oglethorpe has almost entirely dried up with no water spilling from the lake....

Athens, Ga., high school indignant at incorrect SAT reporting.
September 19, 2007... Byline: Benjamin Price Sep. 19--Jefferson High School tops most lists for best schools in the state, but when its SAT average slipped last year, administrators wondered why. What they discovered has caused the administrators to...

Entrepreneur uses pedal power to jumpstart business in Athens, Ga.
September 23, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--Michael Hitchcock, a resident of Hull, Ga., is counting on rickshaws to kick-start his plan for a multifaceted transportation business in Athens. The rickshaws, also called pedal-cabs, that the 34-year-old...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson column.(Column)
September 23, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--CONSERVATION CRITICAL, BUT MORE NEEDED: The record-setting drought parching our rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs also could dry up economic development here, in our region and our state. A Level Four...

Seafood restaurant brings island life to Athens, Ga.
September 23, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--A strong connection between Athens and St. Simons Island, Ga., made the decision fairly easy for partners and brothers-in-law Andy Osborne and Robert Burch to open a Gnat's Landing in Athens. The seafood...

Rural areas battling medic shortage in Georgia.
September 24, 2007... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 24--A statewide shortage of emergency medical workers is more than a statistic -- especially in sparsely populated, rural counties like Oglethorpe County, it can be a threat to public health. "I've had calls...

Barrow County, Ga., eyes taking couple's property for airport.
September 25, 2007... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 25--The Barrow County Commission will vote today whether to take a Winder man's land to install a new landing system at the county's airport. The county needs about 13 acres of pasture and three rental houses...

Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson column.(Column)
September 30, 2007... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 30--During a recent Athens-Clarke Economic Development Foundation meeting, Chairwoman Flora Tydings -- also president of Athens Technical College -- recounted a visit she made to North Carolina earlier this summer....