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Georgia golfer Savich wins Indiana Amateur

July 15, 2010 by CC NOLAN  
Filed under Golf, Sports

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Georgia’s rising junior, Milena Savich, won the Indiana Amateur at the Anderson Country club in Anderson, Indiana on Wednesday.  She took the 54-hole victory at a one-under 215 finishing one shot ahead of Michele Nash and Lindsay McBride. Savich led the first round with an even par-72 and continued the tournament the following day finishing [...]

Pageant celebrates itty-bitty beauty

July 14, 2010 by CC NOLAN  
Filed under Variety

University student, Sabrina Nooruddin, represents petite women as winner of the first USA Petite Miss pageant.

The pageant and modeling industry has always excluded women under 5-foot-9 — until now. Sabrina Nooruddin, a junior from Lawrenceville, discovered a way to get past the blonde hair, blue-eyed beauty queen stereotype. With only two pageants under her belt, Nooruddin traveled to Orlando, Fla. in June to represent the state of Georgia in the [...]

Sculpture festival for show and sale

June 23, 2010 by CC NOLAN  
Filed under Art, Variety

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Local artists have the chance to become “classics” at the new Athens Sculpture Festival. The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is geared up to host a competition and exhibition of local sculpture this week in the center’s Grand Hall. “Art is so important. It provides an intangible but extra dimension to daily life,” said Julie Walters, [...]

Henley finishes 18th at NCAA golf championships

June 4, 2010 by CC NOLAN  
Filed under Golf, Sports

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Georgia’s Russell Henley finished 18th at the NCAA Tournament at The Honors Course in Ooltewa, Tenn. Henley shot a 2-under-par 70 in his final round to finish at 2-under 214, eight shots behind medalist Scott Langley of Illinois. “I was proud of Russell all week,” Georgia coach Chris Haack said. “He represented Georgia well by [...]