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Sports
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Heads to Oklahoma City
Over 73 athletes, coaches, officials, and supportive parents will begin traveling to Oklahoma City in early August for the U.S. National Club Championships. Twelve of the athletes will arrive early to compete in the U.S. Junior Trials...
Aug 2, 2008
America Scores Cup Atlanta Kicks into Action Oct. 15.
Corporate soccer teams will score points for literacy at the Trammell Crow Residential America SCORES Cup Atlanta soccer tournament fund raiser on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Georgia Soccer Park in East Point...
Jul 30, 2008
Law Violators Can Lose Privilege to Hunt and Fish
Hunting deer at night, hunting alligators or bears in a manner violating state laws and computer assisted remote hunting - all of these activities are illegal and are offensive to honest hunters and the general public...
Jul 24, 2008
House Pressing on with his Olympics Dream
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And, that's exactly what a young man from Gainesville who failed by a little more than a second to make the U.S. Olympics team this year intends to do...
Jul 21, 2008
Annual Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk 5K and “World’s Largest Office Party” Celebrates 26 Years on September 25, 2008
The 26th annual Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk and Fitness Program, the largest corporate-organized fitness events in the Southeast, with more than 18,000 runners/walkers from over 600 Atlanta companies...
Jul 15, 2008
WBA Disability Day
The Women's Basketball Association and the Atlanta Dream are partnering with The Arc and have invited people with disabilities to attend a game at Phillip's Arena July 22nd from 11-1pm. It is also children's day...
Jul 8, 2008
Getting2Tri Receives Official Nonprofit Status
Getting2Tri (www.getting2tri.org) received its official 501(c)(3) tax exempt status allowing donors who support the mission to claim tax deductions for contributions. G2T provides coaching, mentoring and training to physically-challenged athletes in the three sports of triathlon...
Jul 7, 2008
Indoor Tennis Facility Under Construction
There is a lot of excitement on the Brenau University campus as the indoor tennis facility construction commences. The new building will be completed in time for the beginning of the fall semester and will allow the tennis team and other students to play and practice year-round...
Jul 3, 2008
Weightlifting Powerhouse Melanie Roach Achieves Olympic Dream
Last month, with 228.8 pounds pressed over her 5-foot 2-inch, 117-pound frame, Melanie Roach solidified the dream of a lifetime. After earning her place on the women's U.S. Olympic weightlifting team in Atlanta, Roach is poised to take on the world at the games in Beijing...
Jun 30, 2008
Quail Forever’s Donation Helps Habitat Restoration on Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area -
The Flint River Chapter of Quail Forever (QF) recently donated $2,000 to help restore quail habitat on the Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area...
Jun 30, 2008
Bays Speaks at GACA Clinic
Brenau basketball coach Gary Bays was one of the speakers at the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association clinic held this week in Marietta. This annual gathering of high school coaches featured college coaches from Florida, Georgia Tech and Georgia State, along with several high school coaches as clinicians...
Jun 27, 2008
Aflac Iron Girl Triathlon Comes to Atlanta
The Aflac Iron Girl Triathlon comes to Atlanta on June 29. The event will kick off at Lake Lanier Islands Resort at 7 a.m. For more information about the event, visit www.aflacirongirl.com...
Jun 27, 2008
Take Part in The Dream
Downtown is heating up with the Atlanta Dream this summer. With special discounted tickets enjoy a few hoops during the evening or catch a special lunch time game on July 22nd...
Jun 26, 2008
Brenau Basketball Lands Top JC Transfer
Ashley Hagans, who played at Shiloh HS and spent two years at Georgia Perimeter College, has signed a letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career at Brenau University...
Jun 24, 2008
Blue Catfish State Record Trumped - Fifteen-year-old Catches Record-breaking Big Water Fish in Neighborhood Lake
Fifteen-year-old angler Tyler Dodson of Carrollton (Carroll County) reeled in the new state record blue catfish from a private 18-acre neighborhood lake on December 24, 2007...
Jun 22, 2008
