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16 - The Savannah Tribune • April 1, 2009 Sports with Walter Moore Savannah State Tops Mercer, Air Force Jarrell Arnold held Mercer scoreless until the seventh inning as Savannah State defeated Mercer 5-1 at Grayson Stadium on March 24. Arnold yielded just four hits in 7.2 innings. The Tigers downed Air Force 4-1 on March 25 at Grayson as Joseph Jackson and Michael Allegretti com bined to toss a four-hitter. SSU traveled to Alabama- Birmingham for a three- game series on March 27- 29 and were swept, 11-5, 20-2 and 8-3. In the first game, Jonathan Ross had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs. In the second game, Dexter Kelley and Julius Green had two hits apiece and in the final contest, Dychal Bowles had a pair of hits. The Tigers are now 14-14. Jones & McCoy Win In Track Amara Jones and Tyrone McCoy won first place in their events at the Georgia Southern Invitational on March 28. Jones a freshman, won the women's 400m with a time of 56.54 while McCoy, a Statesboro native, won the men's 800m race with a time of 1:56.24. Winning third place were Amber Hughes (triple jump), Gabriel Davis (800m), Jamario Parks (long jump) and the men's 4x100m relay team. SSU had ten top ten finishes at the meet. Academics Sideline SSU Quarterback Savannah State quarterback Kurvin Curry will sit out the Tigers spring football prac tice to concentrate on his school work. As a freshman, Curry started five games and passed for 1,651 yards, 13 touchdowns and seven inter ceptions. He ran for 395 yards and three scores. With Curry out, Savannah natives A.J. DeFilippis and Javares Taylor will split time at quar terback during the spring. SSU will hold a scrimmage on April 4 at 9:30 a.m. Javis Signs Baseball Contract Former Savannah State base ball player Brandon Javis has signed a contract with the Evansville Otters. Evansville is a member of the Frontier League 12-team independent professional baseball league. During his final season with the Tigers, the Columbia, South Carolina native hit .326 in 129 at-bats with 42 hits, including five home runs. He had a.432 on base percentage and a .581 slug ging average. He also earned second team All-Independent Team accolades and made the 2008 Brooks Wallace Pre-Season Watch List. After graduating from Cross Creek High School in 2004, Javis was drafted in the 35th round of the 2004 amateur draft by the Seattle Mariners. All Copy is Due By Friday at 4pm 912-234-0106 Flowers lor All Occasslons 5548 Ogecchce Road Suite J (Hwy 17 West of Dean forest Road) Ph.D ....continued from page 3 italizes on their expertise. In addition, Georgia Tech plans on making this survey data available to all institutions so that they can use it in planning their own programs for returning GIs. “There is a strong syn ergy between the engineer ing skills and experience of our Post 9/11 GIs and the nation’s need for such skills trader President Obama’s ini tiative to rebuild America’s infrastructure,” said Rosser. “This survey will enable us to develop an interdisciplinary Ph.D. that precisely targets the intersec tion of the two, and can become a model for graduate engineering programs for returning GIs at institutions around the country.” While the specifics of this new degree largely depend on what the survey data uncovers, Tech antici pates it will include courses in systems engineering, pub lic policy, economics, proj ect management and organi zational behavior. The College of Engineering will work close ly with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and its Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in developing the degree. Georgia Tech antici pates recruiting students for the new degree program at the end of 2009 and begin ning the new Ph.D. in the fall of 2010, in time for veterans to take advantage of the edu cational benefits afforded by the new GI Bill. “Georgia Tech demon strates its leadership by win ning National Science Foundation support for ’Bridge to the Future for GIs.’ The project will both serve our returning veterans and will contribute to revital izing our engineering and infrastructure,” said Susan Kemnitzer, deputy director for the Engineering Education and Centers Division of the National Science Foundation. Students .continued Thirteen students repre sented six countries in the General Assembly and two countries in the African Union. This was Blessed Sacrament's first time com peting and students received the following awards: Gage Bell, Thomas Benson, Corey Moultrie: National Attire/Ghana Kat Morin and Kristina Laygo: National Attire/Ecuador im page 3 Christopher DeVane: National Attire/Kuwait McCaulley Coursey, Frank Camacho and Taylor Rogers: National Attire/Madagascar Gage Bell and Corey Moultrie also received Honorable Mention for their speeches in the General Assembly. Hunter Hadden and David Wells received partic ipation awards for their rep resentation of Denmark. Gabby Dell'Orco and Sarah Conneff also received participation awards for rep resenting Mexico. Gabby and Sarah gave an opening speech in both English & Spanish and Gage, Thomas and Corey presented their opening speech in both English & Twi, the Ashanti tribe lan guage. Recovery ..continued from page 4 during the months of November 2008, December 2008 or January 2009. The legislation also provides for a one-time payment to Veterans Affairs (VA) and Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) beneficiaries. The VA and RRB will be respon sible for paying individu als under their respective programs. However, if someone receives Social Security and SSI, VA or RRB ben efits, he or she will receive only one $250 payment. People getting Social Security or SSI should not contact the agency unless a payment is not received by June 4, 2009. For more detailed information about the $250 one-time economic recovery payments, go to www. social security, gov/p ayment. To learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to www.recov- ery.gov. Teen ..continued from page 10 Mr. BTS Scholarship and Talent Show com petitions are still avail able through My Dreams Productions, Inc. by calling (912) 351-6159. The organization is the brain child of music, radio and activist Lester Lec'k White. Eason grew up in Lyons, GA and divulged that he listened to Lester's gospel show via WEAS-FM as a lad and always admired his community involve ment. Now that he is in a posi tion to give back he contacted White with his proposal. In a recent inter view Lester commented: "When hope is low, God has a way of putting you up where you belong. Eason has renewed my spirit". Hours MON - FRI 9am - 8pm • SAT 9am * 6pm WE ARE PROFESSIONAL GRADE WE MAKE IT HAPPEN! rj jjjwT n s * ^ Smoke .continued from page 10 The award ceremony took place on Friday, March 27 at 514 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.. The award was pre sented by representatives from the Savannah Development & Renewal Authority, Keep Savannah Beautiful, the Downtown Business Association, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd./Montgomery Street Business Association. Blowin' Smoke was chosen by the selection committee because of their ongoing contribution to beautifying Savannah's greater downtown commu nity. The Golden Broom Award is an award that is given to recognize a busi ness in Greater Downtown that keeps the area in front of their store clean and lit- ter-free. Businesses that are nominated for this award must be located within Greater Downtown Savannah, which includes any establishment located between River Street and Park Avenue, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to East Broad Street. Business may also be locat ed on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Montgomery Street Corridor from River Street to 52nd Street. The Golden Broom is awarded using the follow ing criteria: Overall business appear ance, a well kept tree lawn, walkway, or store front, a consistently clean and lit- ter-free establishment,sig nage quality, graffiti free and landscaping and flow ers. Visit us at: www.savannahtribune. com
