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16 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Georgia Downtown Award Winners
Recognized at Downtown Conference
The Georgia
Downtown Association and
the Georgia Department of
Community Affairs
announced the winners of the
annual outstanding revital
ization awards. Presentations
took place during the annual
Georgia Downtown
Conference October 7-9,
2009 in Roswell, GA.
Among those recognized was
the Savannah Development
and Renewal Authority,
recipient of the 2009 Best
Image Building Campaign
Award. This innovative pro
gram—the Downtown
Savannah Brand &
Marketing Campaign—was
developed through a partner
ship with the City of
Savannah and is aimed at
reintroducing Greater
Savannah residents to the
renaissance that has occurred
in Downtown Savannah.
SDRA Chair, Philip
Cooper, and Program
Manager, Paul Featheringill
accepted the award on behalf
of SDRA and the Marketing
and Creative Team—Ralph
Zezza, sponsorship chair;
Sharifa Abdul Wahid and
Ashley Bowersox,
Marketing/Economic
Development Committee co-
Chairs; Bret Bell, City of
Savannah; Karl Strauch,
Coastal Marketing Group;
Cari Clark of Clark Creative;
and Melanie Simon, Simon,
Public Relations. And, the
sponsorship team of Brian
Foster, Kenny Hill, Rhett
Mouchet, Maria Lancaster,
Stratton Leopold, Ruel
Joyner, Greg Parker, Corabett
Thomas, and Michael Meeks.
As the premier conference on
downtown revitalization in
the state, this event promotes
downtown and economic
development through public
awareness, governmental
relations and education. The
conference provides an
opportunity for downtown
and community development
professionals and state and
local leaders to grow their
knowledge regarding pro
grams, activities and tools to
aid in revitalization efforts.
The Georgia Downtown
Awards were established to
recognize individuals, down
town programs and/or busi
nesses that have demonstrat
ed unique efforts in making a
difference in their down
towns.
The award categories
are based on the 4-Point
ApproachTM of downtown
revitalization as developed
by the National Trust’s Main
Street Center and focus on
Organization, Promotion,
Design, and Economic
Restructuring.
The conference theme
this year was “Find It All
Downtown” which focused
on the very reasons tourists
and natives alike a drawn to
their historic downtown dis
tricts... shopping, dining, art,
music and more.
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Sports with Walter Moore
Cole Owns SSU
Record Not Babb
When Justin Babb rushed for
229 yards in Savannah State's
season opening win over
Livingstone, many thought it
was a school record. After
receiving a few emails and calls
and after some research, the
owner of the single game rush
ing record belongs to Lucius
Cole. Cole ran for 239 yards on
25 carries in 1990 against
Albany State. Also in the
Livingstone game, Babb ran
for a 81 yard touchdown which
many thought had tied a school
record. That Savannah State
record belongs to Casey
Grigley who ran for a 91 yard
touchdown run in 1986 against
Georgia Southwestern.
Although this writer is still
checking into statistics from the
early years that produced great
backs like John Myles and
Robert Slocum, for now the
record still belongs to Grigley.
Bethune Wins First
Game
Kory Kowalski kicked a 40-
yard field goal with 2:12 left to
give Bethune-Cookman their
first win of the season, a 9-7
road win over Delaware State
before a crowd of 3,873.
Jamie Baldwin
ment.
Walter Moore
Michael Williams intercepted a
pass with 32 seconds left to seal
the win for the Wildcats (1-4).
Matthew Johnson led BCU by
passing for 218 yards and rush
ing for 67 more. Travis Tarpley
returned the opening kickoff 85
yards to the 2-yard line and
Jaashawn Jones scored on the
next play for Delaware State
(1-3) for a 7-0 lead. Bethune
scored all their points in the
fourth quarter. Johnson threw a
46 yard touchdown pass early
in final quarter to make the
score 7-6.
CAU Fires Football
Coach
Clark Atlanta University
Interim Athletic Director, Dr.
Tamica Jones has announced
that Head Football Coach Ted
Bahhur was relieved of his
duties effective immediately.
Assistant Head Coach Keith
Higdon has been named
Interim Head Football Coach
for the remainder of the season.
In four-plus seasons, Bahhur
coached the Panthers to a 20
and 29 record. This season, the
Panthers overall record is 3-3.
Since his firing, Bahhur has
hired a lawyer and has filed a
racial-discrimination complaint
with the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission against Jones and
CAU president Dr. Carlton
Brown. Bahhur, who is white,
claims he was fired because of
his race.
Albany State
Remains Unbeaten
Albany State improved to 6-0
with a 31-7 road win over
Miles before 2,716 fans.
Demetric Johnson rushed for
240 yards and two touchdowns
for the Rams. Miles led 7-0
midway in the first quarter
before ASU scored 31 unan
swered points. Albany State
had 438 yards of offense
while their defense limited
Miles (3-4) to 40 yards rush
ing
High School Coach of the Week
Jamie Baldwin of Johnson High School located in
Savannah, GA has been selected as this week’s High School
Coach of the Week. In his first season as Johnson High
School’s coach, the team is off to an impressive start of the
season with a 4 - 2 record. He is the school’s third coach in
four years. In the previous four years before this season, the
school was 6-35, including 1-9 in 2006, and back to back 0-
10 seasons in ‘07 and ‘08.
Each week of the season, the winner will receive a plaque
signed by Head Coach Mike Smith and a $1,000 grant from
the NFL’s Youth Football Fund to his school’s athletic depart-
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