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SSU homecoming is more than just a game
Each year, thousands of SSU alumni and community supporters don their orange and blue and come out to celebrate during the week-long homecoming event.

Why Florida lost the van plant
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville fell short in its bid to become home to a 3,300-job DaimlerChrysler van plant many weeks before

Briefly

'Sport of kings' returns next weekend
Bluffton: Proceeds from polo match benefit local charities.

City proposes tax increase
Tough decisions to follow Savannah's release of proposed $200 million, 2003 budget.

School kids' packs cause aching backs
Parents, doctors concerned students carrying too heavy a load.

Community calendar

Famous photographer to lecture tonight

Celebration of county's long, rich past boils over
Liberty County residents gathered Thursday in the shadow of the historic Mills house in Hinesville to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the founding of the county named by settlers in 1777 in honor of their devotion to liberty and freedom.

Rehabilitation center's 75th anniversary draws old friends
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. -- As the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, many who once spent time working there are returning for visits.

In the driver's seat
Roy Barnes has wanted to lure automakers to Georgia since he moved into the governor's mansion. Nearby states, such as Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee, all landed major car manufacturing facilities in the early 1990s by coughing-up huge financial incentives.

Upcoming events

Dyer's straits
Finding passages to spiritual peace will be the focus of a talk by author Wayne Dyer.

Bigger Argentine ant population leads to more home invasions
LEESBURG, Ga. -- Sandra Davenport has no children that scatter cookie crumbs, spill syrupy drinks or leave chocolate fingerprints in her home.

Library bans all free publications
ACLU says a gay publisher's First Amendment rights were violated, despite his reputation.

Briefly

Challenges of growing up gay in the Bible belt
It has been nearly three decades since Henry Frost left his boyhood home in Swainsboro. After all of this time, he still finds it difficult to go back.

"We've got to do better by the children."
Hugh Golson wants your vote for school board president

Local and regional briefs

Millions of dollars of drugs found in onion truck
Toombs County officials are still looking for suspects after a major drug find in Vidalia on Friday.

Former hostage, would-be rescuer meet for first time
Eric Haney's Delta Force team was part of the attempted rescue.

Volunteer of the Week: Ron Brunson
Ron Brunson started volunteering at the Savannah Ronald McDonald House in November 1996. After the lost of his wife, he felt he needed to get involve in something.

Options for Iraq running out
As Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage answered a reporter's questions underneath the backstage lights in a college auditorium, a slender man in blue jeans approached.

Cat fight ends in Tigers' victory
Ridgeland: Jasper County battles back from deficit but loses to Allendale-Fairfax as time expires.

200 Fort Benning troops join Fort Stewart troops in Pakistan maneuvers
FORT BENNING -- About 200 Fort Benning troops have been redeployed from Kuwait to Pakistan as part of a three-week military exercise.

Battery Creek claims another region win
Burton: Dolphins roll over Hilton Head High in annual rivalry matchup.

Slicing the United Way pie
Who decides who gets what when the campaign contributions are tallied?

Officials worry no one knows how to use new voting machines
Ridgland:Election commissioners offered training classes, but few voters showed up to learn.

Vox populi

Hersh: Italian Delights
Artist finds the best way to capture Italy is to paint there.

DaimlerChrysler will put local economy into gear for five years
Local workforce is getting ready for economic changes, industries welcome challenge.

Arts briefs

Walker battles, embraces his name
Charles Walker Jr. has always lived in the shadow of his powerful father. As he runs for the 12th congressional district seat, he hopes to emerge as a political force on his own.

Thieves take beer from stores, shout 'Yahoo' as they leave
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Authorities in this eastern Georgia city have been busy investigating odd thefts of beer from convenience stories, where the suspects run out the door screaming "Yahoo."

Ruchmond Hill closer to coveted permit
So the water deep underneath Richmond Hill isn't the least bit impatient to know its fate. Geologists say water in the lower Floridan Aquifer has been underground for millions of years.

Fishman: Spending more and loving it
We can eat straight out of the mixing bowl if we wish. We can make a really fine dinner out of sauteed garlic and popcorn and celery and peanut butter.

Business Briefs

The real questions behind the Iraqi crisis: Why war now? And what will it cost?
If the United States goes to war in Iraq, the decision's roots may lie in a visit that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah paid to President Bush last April.

Community calendar

Barnes makes DaimlerChrysler announcement official
Gov. Roy Barnes jetted into Savannah this afternoon to unveil the DaimlerChrysler Sprinter Van plant and show a model of the vehicle.

Littlejohn: Sales tax proponents have some explaining to do
We hear a great deal about the improvements that are needed to U.S. 278 and other road projects in Beaufort County.

New arrivals

Body found in Seabrook lagoon
The body of Thomas Kirkpatrick, 85, was found Saturday morning in a lagoon near his home in the Seabrook retirement community on Hilton Head Island. Neither foul play nor drowning is suspected.

Savannah chooses its own 'Pop Idol'
Savannah and surrounding area idols competed for kiss of fame.

Theater group looks for new home
Hilton Head Island: Grants sought to convert old movie house into playhouse.

"I seize the problems and the good things."
Pat Stringer wants your vote for school board president

Editorial: How to make U.S. 278 safer without spending a dime
The one best way to improve safety on U.S. 278 wouldn't cost a dime. It wouldn't necessitate any studies or trips to the ballot box. It wouldn't even be controversial.

Volunteers Needed

Hermiston: Carter deserves prize, all right, but not the Nobel
Oh, the depths to which Europe has fallen.

Weddings, Engagements, Anniversaries

Lowcountry residents realize dream of home ownership
Hilton Head Island: Classes sponsored by community group and banks help 51 people become homeowners.

Van-plant jobs fit county's employment mix
DaimlerChrysler workers would be among highest-paid in Chatham, state figures show.

Obituaries for October 19, 2002

Obituaries for October 20, 2002

Barton: It's a real Octoberfest in Savannah, thanks to DaimlerChrysler
It's too bad the late Robert McCorkle, God rest his soul, wasn't around for last Friday's announcement that DaimlerChrysler planned to build a $750 million, van assembly plant in the Savannah area. That's because he would have been leading the cheering section.

Editorial: Georgia wins one
Last Friday's announcement by Gov. Roy Barnes that DaimlerChrysler, the German-based auto manufacturer, will build a $750-million van assembly plant in Georgia is wonderful news.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Editorial: Signs of confusion
THAT PORTION of Abercorn Street that stretches south of DeRenne Avenue will never resemble its counterpart in Savannah's Historic District.

Peterson: Placing adult monitors aboard school buses would improve student safety
A few years back, when my daughter was starting second grade, she was injured by another child on the school bus.

Fifth-ranked Bulldogs clobber Vanderbilt, 48-17
Greene accounts for three TDs as offense slices, dices Commodore defense.

Todd Bodine out to earn back respect; Busch race postponed
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Before Todd Bodine left the Lowe's Motor Speedway last week, he said he would be blamed for a 10-car crash in the closing laps of the UAW-GM Quality 500.

SCD holds off Calvary to claim third-straight area title
The opening game of a five-set volleyball match normally doesn't determine the outcome.

Sports roundup

Rally Tigers: Savannah State ends nine-game losing streak
Freshman Tullis throws two TDs in final four minutes to beat Morris Brown.

Georgia Southern's defense steps up despite missing two star players
STATESBORO -- Defensive tackle Freddy Pesqueira suited up, put a brace over his right knee, and tried to run in Saturday's pre-game practice.

Jones looking to take step up in Fortune
Norman Jones is still moving and jabbing at his professional boxing career.

Guidera: Cancer survivor Ferree on board to help local pro-am fight disease
Having pretty much retired from the Senior PGA Tour and residing along a Bluffton coast that is as golden with sunlight as it is green with golf, Jim Ferree hadn't had to contemplate how the worst news can find you in even the best places.

Burke: Bass, drum keep local anglers busy
Fishing action along the Georgia coast has taken a big jump forward as anglers find plenty of spotted sea trout and red drum to keep them busy.

Sports briefs

GSU takes over Southern Conference lead
Eagles take the SoCon lead with a defeat of the Mountaineers.

Calvary's Boylston passes Cavaliers past MCA
The junior threw for 231 yards and three touchdowns and the Cavaliers withstood more than 300 McIntosh County Academy rushing yards as Calvary (5-1, 3-0) remained undefeated in Region 3-A play with a 24-21 victory Friday night.

Guidera: Third-down conversion play of the year so far for GSU
The Eagles didn't start the game that could determine how their season ends too well Saturday.

Sports roundup

High school football scores

Feely searching for consistency
Feely knows this much: He won't have to kick on wet artificial turf when the Falcons host Carolina on Sunday.

Getting at grip at Martinsville won't be easy
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- When the car's right and the driver is in his rhythm, the Martinsville Speedway still can be a harrowing place to drive.

High school football scores

Coach keeps promise after Wayne Co. wins 3-AAAAA fast-pitch title
For two years, the Wayne County fast-pitch softball team tried to douse coach Barbara Struckhoff with water after winning the Area 3-AAAAA tournament title.

Newman, Jeff Gordon 1-2 in Martinsville qualifying
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- As the sixth-place driver in the point standings with only five races to go, Jeff Gordon knows his chances to repeat as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion are quickly diminishing.

Stastny: UGA offense has coming-out party with 606-yard explosion
ATHENS- OK, so this game took the last train out of respectability before halftime. It's still safe to say the Georgia football team has arrived there.

Top-ranked Thomson routs Statesboro
The Bulldogs take advantage of six Blue Devils fumbles to go to 5-0 in Region 3-AAAA.

Giants use long ball to capture Game 1 of World Series
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Barry Bonds started his first World Series with a trot instead of a walk, and the San Francisco Giants played home run derby the rest of the way.

Beach plays Wayne Co. tough, but falls 29-18
Despite moving within three points in the third quarter on Shyron Frazier's 72-yard punt return for a touchdown, the Bulldogs couldn't complete the comeback, falling to the Yellow Jackets, 29-18, in the key Region 3-AAAAA (B) contest.

Johnson knocks off city rival Windsor Forest in OT
In a battle of potent Region 3-AAAAA (B) offenses, the Johnson High Atomsmashers defeated the Windsor Forest Knights 44-34 in overtime Friday.





 
 

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