Georgia
Softball Bats Overwhelm Georgia in 8-1 Win to Open Series
ATHENS, Ga. – No. 21 LSU (29-16, 9-7 SEC) will increase its profitable streak to 5 with an 8-1 upset over No. 13/14 Georgia (36-10, 9-7 SEC) Friday evening to open the sequence at Jack Turner Stadium. The Tigers’ bats had been sizzling as they recorded 12 hits highlighted by six extra-base hits within the contest.
Sophomore Taylor Pleasants turned in her second consecutive three-hit sport comprised of a pair of doubles and her tenth house run of the season. Freshmen McKenzie Redoutey and Sydney Peterson was every 2-for-4 on the dish. Redoutey led the workforce with three RBIs, and Peterson logged her first collegiate house run within the win. Senior Shelbi Sunseri registered her eleventh a number of RBI sport this season with two ribbies, whereas extending her hitting streak to seven video games.
Junior Ali Kilponen earned the win within the circle and improved to 15-4 after ending with six strikeouts and allowed 4 hits, three walks, and one run in her eleventh full sport this season.
After two innings with no runs from both workforce, Sunseri hit a two-out, two-RBI single to place the Tigers on the board within the third inning. Within the fifth, Pleasants led off the inning with a double, junior Georgia Clark singled, and later sophomore Ali Newland walked to load the bases. Redoutey then stepped to the plate and cleared the luggage with a three-RBI double to place LSU up 5-0 by way of 5 innings of play.
The Tigers saved pouring it on within the sixth inning with a pair of solo pictures. Peterson led off the inning together with her first profession house run, and Pleasants adopted later with a solo shot of her personal to extend the Tigers’ lead, 7-0 after the highest of the inning. Georgia scored one run within the backside half and LSU took a 7-1 lead into the seventh inning.
LSU was capable of push another run throughout due to an RBI stroll for sophomore Danieca Coffey, and the Tigers’ protection sealed the sport with a pair of groundouts and Kilponen’s remaining strikeout of the evening.
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Georgia
JA of Georgia will celebrate local business owners at annual fundraiser
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Liz Wright started with The Augusta Press in May of 2022, and loves to cover a variety of community topics. She strives to always report in a truthful and fair manner, which will lead to making her community a better place. In June 2023, Liz became the youngest recipient and first college student to have been awarded the Georgia Press Association’s Emerging Journalist of the Year. With a desire to spread more positive news, she especially loves to write about good things happening in Augusta. In her spare time, she can be found reading novels or walking her rambunctious Pitbull.
Georgia
1974 Alive at Georgia Tech
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Nine months after the sold-out show at Tech, Yes played at The Omni Nov. 30 for more than 16,000 fans. The next night, rock icon David Bowie performed the final show of his Diamond Dogs tour at the same arena — and within a year of their Fall 1974 shows, KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd would each return to Atlanta as headliners at The Omni.
Throughout the 1970s, Tech would continue to host many of the decade’s most prominent bands and artists at Alexander Memorial Coliseum and Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Dog Day Afternoon festival in 1977 and Alex Cooley’s Champagne Jam concerts in 1978 and 1979 brought massive, sweaty crowds of music fans to campus for acts including Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, The Cars, and Aerosmith.
The Georgia Tech Athletics Association has continued to open its facilities for music promoters in years since, and Tech has hosted Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Ludacris, Big Boi, and the Rolling Stones (twice!). “We are approached periodically about hosting external events, including concerts featuring popular acts,” an Athletics spokesperson said. “We are proud to provide great entertainment opportunities for the Georgia Tech community and are always looking to drive revenue that can help us provide additional resources for our student-athletes.” Most recently, Athletics welcomed thousands of Yellow Jacket supporters and music fans for the Helluva Block Party series of pregame concerts on North Avenue.
Five decades on, many of the bands whose sounds reverberated within the metal rafters of Alexander Memorial Coliseum are revered by millions. Auslander explained why he thinks the popular music of the 1970s persists. “Today, there are more shared musical tastes and experiences across generations than in the past. Youth in the 1970s mostly rejected the music and culture of their parents — now, we see parents and their children listening to the same music and going to concerts together,” he said.
Although his football experience was cut short due to injury, Ken Smith studied building construction, industrial management, and mechanical engineering at Tech and ran a successful HVAC company in the Augusta area. Over the past 50 years, Smith has seen the Doobie Brothers live more than 30 times, as well as Chicago and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
And Ned Barbre has continued returning to the Tech campus for concerts, including Pink Floyd, Jimmy Buffett, Arlo Guthrie, and the Stones.
Having experienced more than 40 KISS concerts from 1974 through the band’s farewell tour, David Dean said, “I will always remember that first show at Georgia Tech.”
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Georgia's tourism industry hit by loss of Israeli visitors
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“Bookings have been cancelled, and projections for new bookings are very low” according to one restauranteur.
Georgia’s summer season has begun but a significant share of visitors are missing: Israelis.
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has meant Israelis are less able or unwilling to travel internationally. This drop in numbers is being felt in Georgia which usually welcomes many visitors from Israel.
“The loss is noticeable. The situation in the region has affected the number of tourists from Israel,” says Levan Giorgadze from Tbilisi Free Walking Tours.
“Compared to previous years, the number of tourists from Israel has decreased noticeably. I wouldn’t say that they don’t come at all anymore, it’s just, of course, in smaller quantities.”
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is popular year-round with tourists, while the beaches along the Black Sea coast are a popular summer holiday destination.
Shota Burjanadze, Chairman of the Georgian Restaurateurs Association, expressed similar worries: “Bookings have been cancelled, and projections for new bookings are very low. Therefore, unfortunately, this year will not live up to expectations.”
But not everyone agrees. Maia Omiadze, Head of Georgia’s Tourist Association, believes the summer will be busy, bustling and successful. She notes that the 15 places from which tourists visit the most include Georgia‘s neighbouring countries, Persian Gulf nations and the European Union.
“The data for the first quarter of 2024 was very positive. This result allows us to have high expectations and to assume that the second quarter, the summer season and the general trend towards the end of the year in the tourism industry will be very positive,” she says.
“We expected tourists mainly from Asia, Persian Gulf and European countries. European countries made up 5% of the total number. Today, tourists are mainly expected to visit Adjara and are largely coming from our neighbouring countries, Turkey, Armenia and Russia,” Maia adds.
Office for National Statistics data for the first quarter of 2024 shows these nations still hold the top three places for the most number of visitors to Georgia.
Watch the video above to see more about Georgia’s tourism industry in 2024.
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