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Augusta United Cheer headed to nationals

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November 28, 2024

Augusta United Cheer headed to nationals

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – After a complete rebuild of the Augusta United Youth Cheer program, two teams are headed to nationals in Florida.

The local cheer organization picked up a new coach and assistant staffing over the last year.

“It’s not just cheer for us, it’s actually building a foundation for the girls to get them started with cheer, develop them with cheer, to get them ready for middle school cheer and high school cheer,” said Reneka Howard, head coach.

They teach cheer to ages five to 13, the girls then compete in the AYC, the American Youth Cheer Division.

After both the 12-U Diamonds team and 8-U Littles team placed at the Southeast Regional, they received an automatic bid to nationals.

The Augusta team beat out cheer groups from Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Coach Howard is overwhelmed with how quickly the cheer program turned around.

“They came out here and gave it their all. And believe it or not, a lot of those girls out there, this is their first year in a cheer program at all. So for them to be able to place and make it to Nationals is really huge.”

Both teams will compete in Kissimmee, FL on Dec. 5, 6, & 7.

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World tennis No.2 Swiatek accepts one-month doping suspension

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November 28, 2024

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Amid high travel, parking lots fill up at Augusta Regional Airport

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16 hours ago

November 28, 2024

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Amid high travel, parking lots fill up at Augusta Regional Airport

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – During what’s being hailed as a record Thanksgiving travel period, parking spaces filled up at Augusta Regional Airport on the night before the holiday.

With several flights heading out on Thursday morning, some people may be in for a surprise if they show up at the last minute expecting easy parking, like they usually find at the airport.

Republic Parking said although all the parking spaces were taken, people wouldn’t be ticketed for parking on the curb in the B and C lots as long as they don’t park in front of the flagpoles.

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Augusta Army veteran gets life-changing bathroom renovation

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1 day ago

November 27, 2024

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Augusta Army veteran gets life-changing bathroom renovation

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – It was a joyous reunion on Wednesday between Sgt. Charles Linwood and his wife, and the Quint-Essential Designs team.

Until a month ago, the 70-year-old Army veteran was having trouble moving around his bathroom in his wheelchair.

“It took a lot of strength just to do that, just to get into the bathroom,” Sgt. Linwood said. “Taking a shower was difficult because I always had to depend on her to be there to help me.”

“The bathroom was just horrendous,” said Sgt. Linwood’s wife, Sarah. “Because his balance is off so bad, when I tried to get him in and out the tub, sometimes he’d fall or fall on me, and both of us was hurting.”

This led Sarah to contact homes for veterans, a nonprofit organization that renovates disabled veterans’ homes.

“They responded which was amazing,” Sarah said. “I couldn’t believe it when I first got the email.”

Homes for Veterans then asked Quint-Essential Designs, an Augusta-based general contracting company, to remodel the bathroom to make it ADA compliant.

“There’s a lot of vets in the Augusta area, especially on this side of town, down in this area,” said Quinton Sowell, the co-owner of Quint-Essential Designs. “My dad, he’s a twenty year vet, we remodeled his bathroom to make it more accessible. So we like helping the vets out.”

Donations funded the almost $28,000 project, giving Sgt. Linwood back his freedom without costing him a dime.

“Everything that Homes for Veterans do for us is very appreciated. I definitely appreciate it because I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t have did this by myself,” he said.

Quint-Essential Designs plans to help Sgt. Linwood and his wife with other remodeling projects in the future. To learn more about Homes for Veterans, click here.

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