Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will address the University of Georgia’s fall undergraduate commencement ceremony, which takes place at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 18 December, at Stegeman Coliseum. See the UGA announcement and the Banner-Herald article.
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The Clarke County Republican Party is sponsoring a debate featuring GOP candidates for the governorship of Georgia. The debate will take place at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, 19 January 2010.
Since last I posted, my alma mater Indians have split two games, dropping a 14-16 road decision to the Franklin County Lions two weeks ago and posting a surprising 23-17 home win over Elbert County last Friday (the Blue Devils had only a single loss to [...] 
My alma mater Indians righted the ship last week by posting a 31-14 win over the visiting Morgan County Bulldogs. This week, SCHS takes on Franklin County in Carnesville. After dropping their first two games of the season, including one to top-ranked Gainesville, the Lions have [...] 
My alma mater Indians remain oh-for-the-Peach State after a disappointing 21-27 loss to Oconee County in Watkinsville last Friday. Contrary to the template for the season thus far, the Indians did not lose a tough game to a highly-ranked opponent (no disrespect to the Warriors, but [...] 
Last evening, the Athens-Clarke County Commission voted to accept the three previously specified “candidate sites,” and added Satterfield Park, for the new Tennis Center and proceed with further site selection activities. To my mind, this is but the latest example of how SPLOST projects [...] 
My alma mater Indians posted a road lost to the Hart County Bulldogs last week by the score of 20-32. Though it may be only slight consolation, the three games the team has lost so far have all been played on the home fields of highly [...] 
It seems that our betters on the Athens-Clarke County Commission have given up on the concept of property tax “circuit breakers” - at least for the time being. The ostensible purpose of a circuit breaker is to limit property tax increases on the poor and [...] 
The bad news is that my alma mater Indians lost their first home game of the season 28-38 to LaGrange. The two teams to which the Indians have lost, the Flowery Branch Falcons and the LaGrange Grangers, are ranked in the state’s AAA Top Ten by [...] 
The Athens Symphony recently announced its 2009-2010 schedule, highlighted by its traditional Christmas program as well as a slight twist on its first performance of the year.
According to the town's newsgroup, Winterville's finest are holding an informational meeting for those interested in starting up a local Neighborhood Watch program. The meeting takes place at the Winterville Depot at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 August. [...] 
Yes, sports fans, it is that time of year again. My alma mater Stephens County Indians are gearing up to make another playoff run in Region 8AAA. To that end, there is a “Red Rage” communitywide pep rally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, [...] 
The concept of odiferous ichthyoids has proven rather popular of late – on either side of the political aisle.
As I was driving to work westward on the Athens bypass one morning last week at about 8:15, I noticed a series of three fire department vehicles (two engines and another rescue-type vehicle) complete with lights flashing and sirens wailing, coming down the ramp from North [...] 
District 1 Representative Jack Kingston, who grew up in Athens and is a UGA alumni, will be on campus to give his take on the current session of Congress. Kingston is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, [...] 
Have you been Taxed Enough Already? If so, you can participate in one of the “Tea Party” protests scheduled for the Athens area on Tax Day, 15 April. They include:
I’ve just returned to the office from a lunchtime fundraiser for 10th District Congressman Paul Broun. The event, which featured former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as the “special guest,” was held in downtown Athens at the Classic Center’s Empire Room (readers may remember that [...] 
Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich will deliver this year's School of Public and International Affairs Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability. The lecture, entitled “Effective American Policy in a Dangerous World,” will be delivered at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 07' [...] 
I have long criticized the District for its financial practices on a number of fronts: i.e., for excessive spending, for playing fast and loose with state law, and for not making its budgets available in a meaningful manner (as a handy illustration of this criticism, see [...] 
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds. - Samuel Adams
