Archive By Author - Jeff Whitten
Energy Oasis honoring fallen Ranger
Got an email earlier this week from Energy Oasis in Richmond Hill which reads, in part --- "On Saturday, May 30, 2009, Jason Dahlke and his teammate entered and won our inaugural Energy Adventure Challenge at Ft. McAllister Historic Park in Richmond Hill. Several months later, Jason was killed in Afghanistan while serving our country. It is with great honor, through the permission of his family, that we have renamed the event: The Staff Sgt. ...
Camp for young hoops stars
ALTMAN HOSTING HOOPS CAMP Richmond Hill High School boys basketball coach William Altman, fresh off the Region 2-AAAA title, is running a basketball camp for kids in kindergarten through 8th-grade and it starts Monday. I bring this up because he asked me earlier today to get something in paper and online about it .... So, here you go coach. Good luck with the camp. PS. We're kicking this sports ...
Howard best female athlete, Walker best male
Now that school's out and area media have handed out their accolades to a number of high school athletes --- all are well deserved, by the way -- here are a few of my own thoughts.
Chocolate milk challenge
Nothing like a little youthful hijinks to while away the last few days of school. Or, in this case, well --- maybe 'while' isn't the right word. Or is it 'wile?' In either case, read the following, submitted by a Richmond Hill High School track athlete, to find out what I'm talking about. They even sent photos.Including one with some of the, er, 'results' clearly visible. "I think that this is going to be it ...
Bryan County wins again
Bryan County High School isn't leaving the Class A softball tourney without a fight. After losing their opener on Thursday, the Lady Redskins (30-9) won their second straight elimination game this afternoon to stay alive in the state Class A finals in Columbus. Bryan County beat Strong Rock Christian 9-5. Tiffany Howard picked up the win, striking out six while scattering four hits and walking two over seven innings. Howard was 2 for 3 with ...
Player recovering from bolt out of blue
Last week, 15-year-old Dalton Raulerson of Pembroke suited up for his first game as a member of the Pinewood Christian Academy varsity football team.
County considering stormwater rules
The economy may be in the dumpster, but coastal Georgia's population is expected to increase by more than 50 percent in the next 20 years.
Early start gives kids more holidays
In Bryan County it's been a tradition of sorts to begin school on Friday. That changed this year with a Wednesday start. Why? There were a handful of reasons, according to school Superintendent John Oliver, which ranged from scheduling around potential furlough days to paying respect to the military with a four-day Veterans Day weekend in November. "Because of our connection and closeness to the military, we really need to observe Veterans Day," Oliver said. ...
BoE considering education foundation
If school board members agree, Bryan County Schools could one day have an educational foundation, inc., of its own.
Schools gearing up for year, more students
Even a prolonged recession isn't stopping growth at Bryan County Schools. When school begins Aug. 4, officials expect the system to reach or surpass 7,400 students this year, up from last year's mark of about 7,230. By contrast, in 2008-2009 the system had a population of around 6,800. And it has been growing roughly 5 percent for the last three years, according to Brad Anderson, assistant superintendent. "The two years prior to that it ...
Bryan County kids set the bar on CRCT
Bryan County's School kids tested well in the most recent Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, or CRCTs, according to results from the Georgia Department of Education.
Pembroke restarting recreation sports
Pembroke is getting back into the recreation business. In a hurry. Leading the charge is Linda Warburg, who was hired in May to run the city's recreation and leisure services -- which include a swimming pool, Miller Teen Center, a baseball field, some tennis and basketball courts and the Tommy McCormick Play Park. "One of the first quotes I heard when I got here was 'there's nothing for kids to do here,'' she said. "And ...
Work at Black Creek School on again?
The Bryan County Board of Education's on-again, off-again effort to fix up the old Black Creek School for use as a central office is apparently on again.
I-95 ramp closures slated
You've probably already noticed the orange and yellow cones and closed ramps on I-95 at Hwys. 204 and I44 on recent nights.
Reef becomes classroom for scientists
Located about 16 miles due east from Sapelo Island, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is a haven for a marine life and a heaven for divers and anglers.
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