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A Georgia man convicted of wounding a woman in a shooting eight years ago has been accused of fatally shooting another woman on Saturday. Davante Parks, 26, turned himself in to the Richmond County jail on Sunday after authorities say he fatally shot Laquana Lang, 27, in her home in Augusta. An arrest warrant cited by local news outlets states that Lang's children, ages 2 and 5, were left alone in the house for hours with their mother's body. Authorities reportedly said the children eventually had to crawl and walk through her blood to get help. Deputies identified Parks as the children's stepfather, according to WRDW. Facebook profiles for Parks and Lang indicated they were in a relationship. Parks was booked on charges including murder and two counts of first-degree child cruelty, according to jail records. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney representing him. The Richmond County coroner's office told HuffPost that Lang was shot at least once inside the home and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy has been scheduled. Court records show that Parks had been released on parole in July after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and a firearm-related charge in 2018. According to Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles, he became eligible for parole after serving a third of his 12-year sentence in 2020. However, he was not released until July, at which point he had served eight years. Parks previously shot and injured a then-25-year-old woman at an apartment complex in 2016, reported The Augusta Chronicle. This week, McKie told WJBF she was shocked to see Parks' name in the headlines again and that she hadn't realized he had been paroled. “I haven't been to sleep since I heard he was out, and Saturday I had to find out from a Facebook post that it was him that was out,” McKie told WJBF. “Nobody told me he was out.” McKie said her recovery from the shooting was difficult, and she had just reached a point where she felt comfortable leaving her home without needing to look over her shoulder. A spokesperson for the Georgia parole board said that staff with local district attorneys' offices typically work with crime victims to get them registered with the state to be notified about an offender's parole status. No one was registered as a victim in connection to Parks' aggravated assault case in the state system, the spokesperson said. The state is working on a program that could change the registration process to allow state officials to directly contact crime victims and ask them if they'd like to be notified about parole updates, according to the spokesperson. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

A Georgia man convicted of wounding a woman in a shooting eight years ago has been accused of fatally shooting another woman on Saturday. Davante Parks, 26, turned himself in to the Richmond County jail on Sunday after authorities say he fatally shot Laquana Lang, 27, in her home in Augusta. An arrest warrant cited by local news outlets states that Lang's children, ages 2 and 5, were left alone in the house for hours with their mother's body. Authorities reportedly said the children eventually had to crawl and walk through her blood to get help. Deputies identified Parks as the children's stepfather, according to WRDW. Facebook profiles for Parks and Lang indicated they were in a relationship. Parks was booked on charges including murder and two counts of first-degree child cruelty, according to jail records. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney representing him. The Richmond County coroner's office told HuffPost that Lang was shot at least once inside the home and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy has been scheduled. Court records show that Parks had been released on parole in July after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and a firearm-related charge in 2018. According to Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles, he became eligible for parole after serving a third of his 12-year sentence in 2020. However, he was not released until July, at which point he had served eight years. Parks previously shot and injured a then-25-year-old woman at an apartment complex in 2016, reported The Augusta Chronicle. This week, McKie told WJBF she was shocked to see Parks' name in the headlines again and that she hadn't realized he had been paroled. “I haven't been to sleep since I heard he was out, and Saturday I had to find out from a Facebook post that it was him that was out,” McKie told WJBF. “Nobody told me he was out.” McKie said her recovery from the shooting was difficult, and she had just reached a point where she felt comfortable leaving her home without needing to look over her shoulder. A spokesperson for the Georgia parole board said that staff with local district attorneys' offices typically work with crime victims to get them registered with the state to be notified about an offender's parole status. No one was registered as a victim in connection to Parks' aggravated assault case in the state system, the spokesperson said. The state is working on a program that could change the registration process to allow state officials to directly contact crime victims and ask them if they'd like to be notified about parole updates, according to the spokesperson. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

A Georgia man convicted of wounding a woman in a shooting eight years ago has been accused of fatally shooting another woman on Saturday. Davante Parks, 26, turned himself in to the Richmond County jail on Sunday after authorities say he fatally shot Laquana Lang, 27, in her home in Augusta. An arrest warrant cited by local news outlets states that Lang's children, ages 2 and 5, were left alone in the house for hours with their mother's body. Authorities reportedly said the children eventually had to crawl and walk through her blood to get help. Deputies identified Parks as the children's stepfather, according to WRDW. Facebook profiles for Parks and Lang indicated they were in a relationship. Parks was booked on charges including murder and two counts of first-degree child cruelty, according to jail records. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney representing him. The Richmond County coroner's office told HuffPost that Lang was shot at least once inside the home and was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy has been scheduled. Court records show that Parks had been released on parole in July after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and a firearm-related charge in 2018. According to Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles, he became eligible for parole after serving a third of his 12-year sentence in 2020. However, he was not released until July, at which point he had served eight years. Parks previously shot and injured a then-25-year-old woman at an apartment complex in 2016, reported The Augusta Chronicle. This week, McKie told WJBF she was shocked to see Parks' name in the headlines again and that she hadn't realized he had been paroled. “I haven't been to sleep since I heard he was out, and Saturday I had to find out from a Facebook post that it was him that was out,” McKie told WJBF. “Nobody told me he was out.” McKie said her recovery from the shooting was difficult, and she had just reached a point where she felt comfortable leaving her home without needing to look over her shoulder. A spokesperson for the Georgia parole board said that staff with local district attorneys' offices typically work with crime victims to get them registered with the state to be notified about an offender's parole status. No one was registered as a victim in connection to Parks' aggravated assault case in the state system, the spokesperson said. The state is working on a program that could change the registration process to allow state officials to directly contact crime victims and ask them if they'd like to be notified about parole updates, according to the spokesperson. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Trial of Karen Read, The Murder Of Maddie Soto, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK's Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, The Murder Of Sandra Birchmore, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com

Dayne Young and Brent Rollins welcome Larry Williams from Tiger Illustrated, the Clemson Rivals site, to preview Georgia vs. Clemson. They also recount Larry's time covering Georgia football for the Augusta Chronicle. Williams shares the latest from fall camp with Clemson and which players Georgia fans should know as they study up ahead of the first game of the season. 

In Part 2 of Episode 28, I'm joined by PGA Master Professional John Hughes and Journalist & Author Ward Clayton. John Hughes is not only one of the rare PGA Masters Professionals, he's also the 2023 North Florida PGA Section Teacher of the Year. His summer residency is up at McLemore outside of Chattanooga. John shares his perspective of McLemore and the new course The Keep. He teaches us why it's important to positively express our goals, how to consistently make putts inside 5 feet, successfully chip from hard pan lies, and why we should hover our driver off the ground instead of resting it on the ground. Ward Clayton was the Sports Editor for The Augusta Chronicle and Director of Editorial Services for the PGA Tour. He is the Editorial Director for Augusta National and their digital presence on Masters.com. In 2004 he wrote his first book, "Men on the Bag, The Caddies of Augusta National. He recently came out with an updated version of that book titled, "The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National." In our conversation, you'll learn who Stovepipe, Skillet, Pete, and Cemetary are. You'll discover similar stories about even more legendary caddies when you get your copy of the book which you can find on www.blairpub.com or on Amazon.

He is the former sports editor for the Augusta Chronicle, but has done oh so much since he left, the city of Augusta. He's worked for the PGA tour and he's now written two major books on caddies and helped produce a great documentary called "Loopers, The Caddie's Long Walk"  Ward Clayton was in town for several book signing events and came by the WGAC studio to talk with Austin about "The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National" 

Savannah is Georgia's first city and one of America's most haunted. If you visit Savannah's historic district and stroll the city squares, at some point, you are walking on the dead. Victims of war, yellow fever epidemics, fires, murder and enslavement who died during turbulent times in the city. Savannah is a city that lives upon the dead and some continue to make their presence known.   Want more Southern Mysteries?  Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries   Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @shannonballard_ Email: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com    Episode Sources “432 Abercorn Street: Haunted Mansion Or Just a Rumor Mill?”, The Savannah First-Timer's Guide. (Viewed October 3, 2023) “Savannah Child Killed by Marble Table Top”, The Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1933. (Viewed October 2, 2023) “Man Is Injured in 14-Ft Fall”, The Macon Telegraph, December 13, 1933. (Viewed October 2, 2023) “Grand Jury to Probe Wesley Espy's Death”, The Atlanta Constitution, January 31, 1934. (Viewed October 2, 2023) “Carl Espy Sr”, Abbeville Herald, February 15, 1951. (Viewed October 2, 2023) “Why is Savannah one of America's Most Haunted Cities?“, Savannah.com. (Viewed October 2, 2023) “New report takes a fresh look at Savannah's role in the history of American slavery”, GPB.org, October 25, 2022. (Viewed October 10, 2023) “Beneath the Surface”, Savannah Magazine, May 15, 2017. (Viewed October 9, 2023) “Why was Nathanael Greene's skeleton kept in a bank vault?”, The Augusta Chronicle, August 1, 2022. (Viewed October 9, 2023) “Haunted Crime Scenes: Savannah's 'Most Haunted' House”, True Crime Library, 2007. (Viewed October 3, 2023) “Died in the West”, The Atlanta Constitution, February 16, 1896. (Viewed October 7, 2023). Episode Music Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Former editorialist at the Augusta Chronicle and conservative joins Austin to talk about his new book You Rule! How Saving America Depends Entirely on You and What You Can Do About It and the state of national politics.

Life imitates art, as they say, and in these cases life inspired some famous horror films. In today's episode, Strange country co-host Beth and guest host Terry talk about the inspiration behind Scream, Poltergeist and When a Stranger Calls. Don't worry Dash Hounds, Kelly will be back. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Baby Sitter's Slayer Sought in Missouri. Fort Wayne News Sentinel, CITY ed., 20 Mar. 1950, p. 28. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114175C2A3D10D58%40EANX-K12-177A6E683941EE13%402433361-177A5277AA7053C1%4027-177A5277AA7053C1%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022. Baby Sitter Murdered At Colombia, MO. Belleville News Democrat, 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114CEEB0320B0130%40EANX-K12-14EFA9E7C88F291A%402433361-14EFA88A4F49B399%400-14EFA88A4F49B399%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.  Baby-Sitter Raped Slain in Missouri. San Antonio Express, 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A10EEA20F1A545758%40EANX-K12-161F9CBDE441D531%402433361-161DABBEB9A34419%400-161DABBEB9A34419%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022. Bottles Now Quiet But Furniture Falls. Greensboro Daily News , One Star ed., 25 Feb. 1958, p. 2. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68DA9EC1533C%40EANX-K12-149BCAE9291816D9%402436260-149A09E09A75560F%401-149A09E09A75560F%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Bottles Quit Bouncing. Greensboro Record , Final ed., 15 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68CD17067F8E%40EANX-K12-13F92952FAC52BDE%402436250-13F927A8655D6750%400-13F927A8655D6750%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. The Devil in Gainesville. (2021). 20/20 ABC. https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-04/09-the-devil-in-gainesville  Family Reports Bottle Popping is Continuing. Greensboro Record , Final ed., 17 Feb. 1958, p. 11. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68CD17067F8E%40EANX-K12-13F92953D7C43508%402436252-13F927C4DE0EF853%4010-13F927C4DE0EF853%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Fight Libel Suit. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 22 Dec. 1950, p. 25. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-157E6E1FA9D57B10%402433638-157E200C3788F9FC%4024-157E200C3788F9FC%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022. Fowler, Bella. “Mysterious death of 80s childstar and the 'Hollywood curse' surrounding it.” NZ Herald, 22 November 2019, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/mysterious-death-of-80s-childstar-heather-orourke-and-the-hollywood-curse-surrounding-it/ZODOLPETJFGNEAF72EEOGKRDQQ/. Accessed 7 October 2022. Hermanns Return Home Despite Bouncing Bottles. Evening News, 24 Feb. 1958, p. 9. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11342729F00F3900%40EANX-K12-18168D1EAC91146C%402436259-181505F76591421E%408-181505F76591421E%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Horror to Babysitter. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-15E82BC44A496B50%402433361-15E6872AF047C73B%400-15E6872AF047C73B%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022. A Huge Slander Suit Kansas City Star, MAIN Two Star ed., 9 Aug. 1950, p. 2. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1126152C152E4978%40EANX-K12-155B29119958819C%402433503-144E524F2CC99EF6%401-144E524F2CC99EF6%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022. Kahn, Robert. “How Danny Rolling, the 'Gainesville Ripper,' Was Caught.” A&E, 29 June 2022, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/danny-rolling-caught. Accessed 8 October 2022. Konda, Kelly. “How a Real Life Serial Killer Inspired Kevin Williamson to Write the First Scream Movie.” We Minored in Film, 1 July 2015, https://weminoredinfilm.com/2015/07/01/how-a-real-life-serial-killer-inspired-kevin-williamson-to-write-the-first-scream-movie/. Accessed 8 October 2022. Objects Shy Before Expert. Columbus Ledger, Two Star ed., 27 Feb. 1958, p. 8. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1126154AC3F56D80%40EANX-K12-16B7B374CD0B0929%402436262-16B79C6138C53545%407-16B79C6138C53545%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. People All Across the Country Offer Man Explanation for His Wayward Bottles. Lexington Herald, 23 Feb. 1958, p. 25. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114CE9E74A478FB0%40EANX-K12-1534EC750F47B1BA%402436258-1534EB88254731E9%4024-1534EB88254731E9%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Weird Antics of Bottles Drive Family From Home. Augusta Chronicle, 22 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1252FEAF2D2D3A44%40EANX-K12-1281DB28E0AE1A2D%402436257-1281DB28E2525CCA%400-1281DB28E2525CCA%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Why Do Mysterious Bottles Keep Blowing Their Tops? Charlotte Observer, Thursday ed., vol. 89, 13 Feb. 1958, p. 9. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40EANX-K12-15E2510A6995F2EF%402436248-15E33C1B4396F7CA%408-15E33C1B4396F7CA%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022. Yes, It Is Hard to Believe. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 11 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-158DE84F8C17E5DF%402436246-158CA9C4AE344493%400-158CA9C4AE344493%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Gabriel Stovall from the Augusta Chronicle joined Sam and Greg to give an update from the Masters ahead of moving day. 

In the first hour of Sam & Greg, we hit on this past week. We also broke down the Final 4 and had our reactions after last night's crazy matchups. We finished with a Masters conversation with Gabriel Stovall of the Augusta Chronicle.

Gabriel Stovall with the Augusta Chronicle has been around the country and says Georgia's basketball talent is up there with any other state. 

We sat down with Kelly Mirt, publisher of The News & Advance, to discuss his experience in writing, advertising, and news reporting, as well as how the world of print and digital is changing. About Kelly Mirt Kelly is a veteran newspaper executive who joined The News & Advance in 2018. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has also served in top advertising leadership positions at the Messenger Inquirer in Kentucky, the Daily Camera in Colorado, The State in South Carolina, The Augusta Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, and the Charlotte Observer. Before joining The News & Advance, Mirt was the president and publisher of the Wichita Eagle. The News & Advance is the daily newspaper of record in Lynchburg. Its primary circulation area consists of the city of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell. The News & Advance is owned by Lee Enterprises. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-for-business/message

Each week, Atlanta public relations professional Mitch Leff of Leff & Associates presents his “4 Questions Journalist Spotlight,” a conversation with a Georgia journalist.Mitch's day job is providing public relations services, media training, and crisis communications, but he also operates Leff's Atlanta Media (http://www.leffsatlantamedia.com) an online database with contact info for thousands of Atlanta-based journalists, and Mitch's Media Match (www.mitchsmediamatch.com), a service that connects Atlanta journalists with local experts.This week, we talk with Rana Cash, editor of the Savannah Morning News and Savannahnow.com, and director of two other Georgia Gannett papers, the Athens Banner-Herald and the Augusta Chronicle.Watch the video version of our podcast here:  https://youtu.be/KTKV60ObApo If you'd like to listen to audio, click here: https://www.leffsatlantamedia.com/q4-journalists. This is also where you can listen to the full archive of our audio podcasts.

A special Class 2A championship preview episode featuring conversations with each championship team's coach — Pace Academy's Sharman White, Columbia's Dr. Phil McCary, Josey's Jawan Bailey and Fannin County's Ryan Chastain. Also joining are Wynston Wilcox of The Augusta Chronicle, Tim Towe of Fannin Rebel TV and Mark Brock of Dekalb Schools athletics.

This first episode of season 10 features Rana Cash, editor of the Savannah Morning News in Savannah, Georgia, and Georgia state director for the Augusta Chronicle and the Athens Banner-Herald. Rana discusses what it's like to lead a newsroom, shares how the Savannah Morning News is focusing on the community and  offers encouraging advice for journalism students.

Welcome to your ultimate mega-preview of the Class 2A state playoffs. You'll get analysis, insights and predictions. Guests include AJC Class 5A blogger Stan Awtrey, Thomasville Times-Enterprise managing editor Pat Donahue (Region 1), voice of the Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets Jim Sewell (Region 2), WMGT sports director Montezz Allen (Region 3), The Augusta Chronicle sports reporter Wynston Wilcox (Region 4), West Georgia Podcast host Andrew Caraway and The LaGrange Daily News sports editor Kevin Eckleberry (Region 5), Friday Night Press Box host Tim Towe (Region 7) and Blitz founder Brian Carter (Region 8).

In this edition of Forward Press, Golfweek's David Dusek chats with Augusta Chronicle's David Westin about what the town of Augusta is like ahead of this year's Masters, which players have the advantage coming in to this week and what the course will play like in this event unlike any other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This episode is brought to you by the Savannah Economic Development Authority The Savannah Morning News and SavannahNow.com have been undergoing a number of changes over the past few years (including the starting of podcasts like this one), but the most prominent change has been the hiring of Rana Cash as the news director. Cash will also be the Georgia director for the Augusta Chronicle and Athens Banner-Herald, but primarily will be focused on delivering quality journalism on Savannah and her communities. On this episode of Difference Makers, Cash discusses her news philosophy, growing up in Florida, her background in covering sports, what she hopes to accomplish at SMN and the change from print to digital in journalism. Podcast listeners: Get digital SMN subscription by clicking here for a special offer (10:00): Her interest in sports early on (17:45): What she learned from covering sports at various papers (24:45): What she wants to bring to the Savannah Morning News Rana Cash named Savannah Morning News news director, USA TODAY Network Georgia executive editor (May 19, 2020; SMN) (29:30): The shift from print to digital, and what it means overall (33:00): How to help the public re-discover the value of news (36:00): Establishing trust in the community (39:48): First order of business in Savannah Make sure to follow The Commute podcast for daily news briefs from Adam.

In this episode, your host Kae Lee offers a vulnerable discussion of narcissism and how dating and interacting with them can affect your emotional well-being. The signs, the cycle, along with what it is - are discussed here. We also briefly speak on the How to Get Away with Murder series finale (skip about 5-7 minutes to avoid spoilers). We also tackle a racist, ignorant letter posted to the Augusta Chronicle, racism in Oklahoma and Boosie. Tune in and subscribe! Be sure to follow the show on social media - Twitter & Instagram:@kaewhocreates_ and visit my website: kaewhocreates.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson’s newest book, Never Have I Ever, is available now wherever books are sold. You can check out her previous eight novels and other work here. Joshilyn’s books have been translated into a dozen languages, have won SIBA’s Novel of the Year award, have three times been #1 Book Sense Pick, have twice won Georgia Author of the Year awards, have three times been shortlisted for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, and have been a finalist for the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction.A former actor, Jackson reads the audio versions of both her own novels and the books of other writers; her work in this field has been nominated for the Audie Award, was selected by AudioFile Magazine for their best of the year list, won three Earphones awards, made the 2012 Audible All-Star list for highest listener ranks/reviews, and garnered three Listen Up awards from Publisher’s Weekly.ABA INDIE NEXT Pick | ALA Library Reads Pick | SIBA Okra Pick | One of CrimeReads’ Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer | Recommended Summer Read by Wall Street Journal, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Pop Sugar, Deep South Magazine, Book Bub, Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Intown, The Augusta Chronicle, She Reads, and Modern Mrs. Darcy.In her first psychological thriller NEVER HAVE I EVER, Joshilyn asks the question Have you ever done something so bad, so shameful that you would do anything to keep it secret? What if your worst enemy knew . . . and was determined to expose you?Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. And, of course, the steadfast and supportive Charlotte. But Amy’s sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when the mysterious and alluring Angelica Roux arrives on her doorstep one book club night.

Girls Fly!  (Girlsfly.org) partners with authors and publishers to inspire women and girls to write.  We believe that finding your written voice will help you to know that there is support, you don't have to wait to be invited and that "written words have a bigger voice than screaming out loud."  Girls Fly! is partnering with Barnes & Noble for the 2019 "Finding Your Written Voice Tour" with your local authors present just for you. Today, meet Karin Esterhammer,  author of “So Happiness to Meet You: Foolishly, Blissfully Stranded in Vietnam” Karin worked for the Los Angeles Times as an editor, writer, and travel columnist for 15 years. In between, I published essays in the books Chocolate for a Woman’s Spirit and Chocolate for a Mother’s Heart. And—this is a little bit embarrassing—I won a Harlequin Books romance essay contest.   She has also written for numerous publications, including Asia Life magazine;  Chicago Tribune; Baltimore Sun; Christian Science Monitor; Augusta Chronicle; Los Angeles Daily News; Orlando Sentinel; The Standard—China’s Business Newspaper; and earlier in my career, a bunch of tiny newspapers across the country that I’m pretty sure still owe her money. Learn more about Karin here  http://www.karinesterhammer.com/

Special Edition of the Perception Podcast focusing on the New Mexico First Forum: Sustainable Journalism: Preserving the Fourth EstateMeet the New Mexico First Spirit of Journalistic Excellence honoree Trip Jennings, Executive Director, New Mexico In DepthTom Garrity, President and CEO of the Garrity Group talks with Trip about his background in Journalism and thoughts on where the industry is headed.Trip Jennings, executive director. trip@nmindepth.comVia NMinDepth.comTrip started his career in Georgia at his hometown newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle. Since then he's worked at newspapers in California, Florida and Connecticut where he reported on many interesting stories, including the resignation and incarceration of Connecticut's then-governor, John Rowland, and gang warfare in California. Since 2005, Trip has covered politics and state government for the Albuquerque Journal, The New Mexico Independent and the Santa Fe New Mexican.  He holds a Master's of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. In 2012, he co-founded New Mexico In Depth.The interviews are a part of Tom's Perception Podcast through The Garrity Group.

This week's guests are:   Todd Lewis, On-site Reporter for Golf Central (www.golfchannel.com) Scott Michaux, Former Contributor to the Augusta Chronicle (www.augustachronicle.com)   On this episode, the Golf Insiders celebrate the best week of the year! The 2019 Masters Tournament is underway and we are joined by Golf Channel's Todd Lewis and Augusta-native Scott Michaux who take us down Magnolia Lane and inside the ropes of Augusta National.   The field is filled with the best talent in the world, but at Augusta it's all about mental endurance and rising to the occasion in high pressure moments. Will Rory McIlory finally complete the career grand slam this week? Will Tiger find some of that magic he had at the Tour Championship? Or will one of the several players without a green jacket play their way into history?   All of this and more on this week's show!

Welcome to the final episode of Monsters' Advocate! Congratulations on reaching the end with me, lets send the show off with some encounters that are just too compelling to not include~ReferencesWar-Time Sea Monstershttps://www.top5s.co.uk/5-amazing-cryptid-sightings/http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/UB-85_Atrocityhttp://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/U-28_CreatureGrootslangsFloyd, Rendall (September 20, 1998). "Disappearances feed Grootslang legend". The Augusta Chronicle.Rose, Carol (2001). Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 156. ISBN 0-393-32211-4.White, Jon Ewbank Manchip (1969). The land God made in anger: reflections on a journey through South West Africa. Rand McNally. p. 300.https://verybizarrestories.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/the-grootslang-guardian-of-the-treasure/Upright CaninesGodfrey, Linda S. (2003). The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin's Werewolf. Black Earth, Wisconsin: Prairie Oak Press. ISBN 9781879483910https://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Augusta Chronicle staff writer Susan McCord talked to Eli Wilkerson, Gayla Keesee and Chris Brown about the upcoming midterm elections. 

Don Grantham, the Georgia Department of Transporation board member representing District 12, speaks with Augusta Chronicle reporter Damon Cline about the challenge of keeping metro Augusta's flowing smoothly amid an unprecedented influx of new residents.

Georgia beat writer Marc Weiszer and sports editor Ryne Dennis have Fan Day observations and talk about nuggets taken from coordinators Jim Chaney and Mel Tucker talking to the media. The quarterback situation is a hot topic, play in the secondary, and depth on the offensive line. They also welcome in Augusta Chronicle columnist Scott Michaux to discuss the momentum of Georgia football as well as former Georgia golfers in this week's PGA Championship. And NASCAR driver Chase Elliott's comments about Kirby Smart being motivation for his first Cup win are also discussed.

The law that funded the government for 2018 is 2,232 pages and Jen has finished reading a quarter of it. In this episode, learn about the most interesting provisions she found in the Department of Defense and environmental sections of the quickly passed funding law. Please Support Congressional Dish Click here to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! The 2018 Government Funding Law Read the latest 2018 Omnibus Provisions Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD171: 2,232 Pages CD168: Nuclear Desperation CD167: Combating Russia (NDAA 2018) LIVE CD145: Price of Health Care CD131: Bombing Libya Additional Reading Report: DOE recommends pit production at SRS and Los Alamos; plan kills, repurposes MOX facility by Colin Demarest, Aiken Standard, May 11, 2018. Statement: Joint statement from Ellen M. Lord and Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty on recapitalization of plutonium pit production, National Nuclear Security Administration, May 10, 2018. Report: Israel launches massive military strike agains Iranian targest in Syria by Loveday Morris, Ruth Eglash, and Louisa Loveluck, The Washington Post, May 10, 2018. Article: Calls for restraint after Israel raids on 'Iranians' in Syria by Laurent Lozano, Yahoo News, May 10, 2018. Report: Israel and Iran, newly emboldened, exchange blows in Syria face-off by Isabel Kershner and David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, May 10, 2018. Article: Will scrapping atomic fuel plant actually bring jobs to SC? by Sammy Fretwell, The State, May 10, 2018. Report: SRS, Los Alamos recommended for pit production; MOX facility would be repurposed by Staff Reporst, The Augusta Chronicle, May 10, 2018. Article: Syria blames Israel for missile strike near Damascus, BBC News, May 9, 2018. Report: Israel strikes Iranian targest in Syria after rocket fire by Dan Williams and Angus McDowall, Reuters, May 9, 2018. Report: Israeli preemptive strike thwarts Iranian attack by Yochanan Visser, Israel Today, May 9, 2018. Article: Sage Grouse once again land at heart of public lands dispute by Rachel Christiansen, Nevada Public Radio, May 9, 2018. Report: Israel attacked Syria an hour after the Iran deal was ended, says report by Zeina Karam, Time, May 8, 2018. Article: For Netanyahu, vindication and new risk after Trump's Iran decision by David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, May 8, 2018. Analysis: In first meeting, Pompeo thrills Netanyahu with hawkish talk on Iran - and what he doesn't say about Palestinians by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz, April 29, 2018. Report: Iran-Israel conflict escalates in shadow of Syrian civil war by Ben Hubbard and David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, April 9, 2018. Article: Aiken leaders met with NNSA's chief, discussed pit production at SRS by Colin Demarest, Aiken Standard, March 14, 2018. Report: DOE announces notice of sale of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, Office of Fossil Energy, March 8, 2018. Article: US takes steps to resume plutonium pit production for nukes, Aljazeera, February 23, 2018. Article: Israel air force says seized Iranian drone is a knockoff of US Sentinel by Barbara Opall-Rome, Defense News, February 12, 2018. Report: Minister: Iran will need 'time to digest' how Israel hit covert military sites by TOI Staff and Agencies, The Times of Israel, February 11, 2018. Report: Israeli jet shot down after bombing Iranian site in Syria by Maayan Lubell and Lisa Barrington, Reuters, February 10, 2018. Report: Israel hits back at Iran and Syria as border region boils by Donna Abu-Nasr and Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg, February 10, 2018. Article: U.S. oil reserve would fall nearly in half under budget deal by Ari Natter and Catherine Traywick, Bloomberg, February 8, 2018. Opinion: What we owe the innocent victims of America's wars by Patrick Leahy, The New York Times, November 22, 2017. Article: The uncounted by Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal, New York Times, November 16, 2017. Analysis: Israel's new missile defense system is a clear message to Iran, but it isn't perfect by Amos Harel, Haaretz, April 3, 2017. Article: Israeli army probing whether unprecedented use of arrow missile system was justified by Gili Cohen and Almog Ben Zikri, Haaretz, March 19, 2017. Article: Iran to stop using US dollar in response to Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' by Bethan McKernan, Independent, February 1, 2017. Article: Measuring methane emissions from cows is elusive, but we're getting closer by Robert Parkhurst, Environmental Defense Fund, December 13, 2016. Article: Half-built fuel plant in South Carolina faces test on its future, The New York Times, February 9, 2016. Report: Iran, India to settle outstanding crude oil dues in rupees by Amitav Ranjan, The Indian Express, January 5, 2016. Article: Oil backers, conservationists battle over fate of greater sage-grouse by Sandra Fish, Aljazeera, December 13, 2013. Article: Only one currency is still backed by gold by Simon Black, Business Insider, March 29, 2012. Report: Iran ends oil transactions in U.S. dollars, CBS News, April 30, 2008. Report: Iran stops selling oil in U.S. dollars - report by Reuters Staff, Reuters, December 8, 2007. Report: SYRIA dollar dropped as primary hard currency by Items copiled from Tribune news services, Chicago Tribune, February 15, 2006. Report: Iraq nets handsom profit by dumping dollar for euro by Faisal Islam, The Guardian, February 15, 2003. Resources Bill: H.R. 1314 (114th): Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Bill: H.R. 22 (114th): FAST Act Bill: H.R. 34 (114th): 21st Century Cures Act Bill: H.R. 1892: Further Extension Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018... International Atomic Energy Agency: Verification and Monitoring in Iran National Nuclear Security Administration: Plutonium Pit Production Mission Office of Fossil Energy: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Open Secrets: Boeing Co Profile for 2018 Election Cycle Open Secrets: Chicago Bridge & Iron Open Secrets: Orano Group Open Secrets: Raytheon Co Profile for 2018 Election Cycle Open Secrets: Steve Cohen Press Release: We are now Orano! Visual Resources Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Authorization for Use of Military Forces; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; October 30, 2017. 8:00 Chairman Bob Corker (TN): In his last War Powers Resolution letter to Congress, the president identified the following 19 countries where U.S. military personnel were deployed and equipped for combat: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Kenya, Niger, Cameroon, Uganda, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Cuba, and Kosovo. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)  

When your job with the Augusta Chronicle takes you all over the world in search of cover stories on former Masters champs, you get to see some pretty great parts of the golfing universe. Scott Michaux returns to the podcast to discuss everything from Irish Stew at the European Club to a once-in-a-lifetime crazy story about the 6th hole at Pebble Beach, plus thoughts on Scotland’s North Berwick, Australia’s Victoria Golf Club and unforgettable lodging at Tasmania’s Barnbougle Dunes.

As the golf world prepares for the first major championship of the year, Scott Michaux of the Augusta Chronicle joins “Talking GolfGetaways” to discuss how the local newspaper’s coverage is a year-round process that begins (literally) the day after The Masters concludes — and how Scott’s writing about past champions has taken him to “every continent where golf is played.” Plus, Augusta National viewing tips and whether the azaleas will make an appearance at this year’s tournament.

Fruitland Augusta founder Yuri Kato gives an exclusive interview to our show. We discuss the start of this brand, the diffrence between Georgia Peach Vodka & Georgia Peach Tea Vodka and where you can catch Fruitland Augusta this Spring! Web: www.fruitlandaugusta.com Follow: @gapeachvodka About: The history of Augusta is much more than golf; it was once home to "Fruitland Nurseries" - one of the most successful horticultural sites of its time in the South. Located on Washington road, approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Augusta, Fruitland planted millions of peach trees in the 1800s and early 1900s and made Georgia famous for its sweet Georgia Peaches. In 1931, the land was eventually purchased and transformed into the most famous golf course in the world. The history of Fruitland goes back to 1853, when Augusta Judge, Benjamin Warren sold his 315-acre property to a local indigo farmer named Dennis Redmond, who named the property "Fruitland." He grew peaches, apples, grapes, strawberries and many kinds of trees and shrubs on the property. Redmond also began building a large house on the property he called "Fruitland Manor," which still remains as the clubhouse at the golf course. In 1857, father and son, Louis and Prosper Berckmans, Belgian immigrants journeyed to America via New Jersey finally settling on Augusta as the perfect land to build their nursery. Augusta was attractive to the Berckmans not only for its ideal climate and soil for nursery, but also for the city's ideal location for transportation via water, road and rail. That year, the Berckmans acquired 50% ownership of Fruitland from Redmond and a year later, Prosper became the 100% owner Peach tree at Fruitland of the property. He also purchased the surrounding lands to expand the nursery and completed construction of the Fruitland Manor construction that was initiated by Redmond and made it their home. Prosper J. Berckmans Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans (1830 - 1910, Left) was born on October 13, 1830 in Belgium. Berckmans followed his father's footsteps and studied horticulture in Belgium and France returning to the family estate at the age of 17. In 1850, at the age of 20, Berckmans made a journey to America to pursue the possibility of moving to America. He visited several states in his journey mainly in the South including Augusta, yet his father decided to immigrate into New Jersey because he thought that it was ideal for a family nursery. After experiencing extremely cold winters in New Jersey, Berckmans decided to move the family to Augusta in 1857. Berckmans soon became a well known horticulturalist and the "Father of the Peach Culture" across the South as his nursery business took off. When he arrived in Georgia, there were approximately 100,000 peach trees primarily located on family farms throughout the state. In 1858, he shipped the first Georgia Peaches to the New York market. By 1861, the Berckmans were producing over 300 kinds of peaches and many other kinds of fruits and trees at Fruitland. He developed and improved many types of peaches including the Chinese Cling, Elberta, Belle and Thurber peaches. Prosper's Thurber was one of the South's leading peaches until Samuel H. Rumph of Marshallville further improved the Elberta peach, which became one of Georgia's primary commercial peach varieties. (In 1875, Rumph also developed a peach shipment pallet design containing a box on crates holding crates of peaches and ice, which helped the Georgia Peach industry grow commercially beyond the state of Georgia.) During Berckmans' lifetime, he had introduced or improved three of the five main varieties of Georgia Peaches. Georgia State Department of Entomology wrote in its Bulletin in 1907, "The peach should be emblazoned on the Berckmans heraldry, for President Berckmans may be justly styled the father of peach culture in the South. The improvement of the Chinese Cling type in Georgia is largely due to the energies and foresight of Messrs. Berckmans, Miller, Rumph, Husted, Stubbs and other members of the Georgia Horticultural Society." Over Berckmans' 50 years of extensive research on peaches, he planted more than 3 million peach trees in Augusta according to the Berckmans family documents. Georgia Peaches on Fruitland Nurseries By the 1880s, Fruitland was mailing out approximately 25,000 catalogs a year, many of which were sent overseas; the Fruitland catalogue read, “We ship to almost every part of the United States and our foreign trade reaches such distant points as Australia, China, Japan, Africa, the East and West Indies, Brazil, the Bermudas and every section of Europe and North and South America." On November 6th, 1910, Berckmans passed away at the age of 80. Following his death, his three sons carried on the business. His oldest son, Louis Alphonse became President of the company. His second son, Robert Craig served as Vice President and youngest son, Prosper Jules Alphonse Jr. (“Allie”) was Secretary and Treasurer. Both Louis and Allie were active landscape designers and carried out Fruitland’s landscaping department successfully. Louis was also the garden designer for Radio City Music Hall in New York and designed numerous golf courses around the country. In 1912, the Berckmans brothers stuck the largest peach deal ever made in Georgia. According to Augusta Chronicle's report, the brothers sold their entire year’s peach crop to a New Jersey firm for an estimated $100,000.00. While the brothers worked well together, there was a shift in the control of the Fruitland property after the death of their father due to his will, which was left to his second wife and his sons. The family business was eventually shut down. In 1918, less than a decade after Berckmans' death. As the early 20th century progressed, Augusta was becoming a small winter retreat for wealthy northerners. In 1925, Miami hotel mogul, J. Perry Commodore Stoltz saw the opportunity and purchased the Fruitland property in an attempt to build his winter resort "Augusta Fleetwood Resort." His construction was never completed and Fruitland property was idle for the remainder of the 1920s. In 1931, the property was eventually sold for the reported amount of $70,000 to establish a golf course that has forever placed Augusta on the map as an internationally recognized center for golf. After the acquisition, Prosper’s two sons, L.A and Allie. Berckmans returned to the Fruitland property and assisted in the landscape design of the course of this famous course. The Berckmans' family home still remains on the original Fruitland property and serves as the golf course’s clubhouse today. Today, Augusta is known throughout the world for golf while peach production has become a faded memory. Yet Augusta will always be the place that put Georgia on the map as the "Peach State" with its humble beginnings at Fruitland and the vision of the Berckmans family. About the show: ► Visit http://www.swap.com and use Promo Code: ASHDAILY40 for 40% off! ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Daily Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►SWAP Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit®

Fruitland Augusta founder Yuri Kato gives an exclusive interview to our show. We discuss the start of this brand, the diffrence between Georgia Peach Vodka & Georgia Peach Tea Vodka and where you can catch Fruitland Augusta this Spring! Web: www.fruitlandaugusta.com Follow: @gapeachvodka About: The history of Augusta is much more than golf; it was once home to "Fruitland Nurseries" - one of the most successful horticultural sites of its time in the South. Located on Washington road, approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Augusta, Fruitland planted millions of peach trees in the 1800s and early 1900s and made Georgia famous for its sweet Georgia Peaches. In 1931, the land was eventually purchased and transformed into the most famous golf course in the world. The history of Fruitland goes back to 1853, when Augusta Judge, Benjamin Warren sold his 315-acre property to a local indigo farmer named Dennis Redmond, who named the property "Fruitland." He grew peaches, apples, grapes, strawberries and many kinds of trees and shrubs on the property. Redmond also began building a large house on the property he called "Fruitland Manor," which still remains as the clubhouse at the golf course. In 1857, father and son, Louis and Prosper Berckmans, Belgian immigrants journeyed to America via New Jersey finally settling on Augusta as the perfect land to build their nursery. Augusta was attractive to the Berckmans not only for its ideal climate and soil for nursery, but also for the city's ideal location for transportation via water, road and rail. That year, the Berckmans acquired 50% ownership of Fruitland from Redmond and a year later, Prosper became the 100% owner Peach tree at Fruitland of the property. He also purchased the surrounding lands to expand the nursery and completed construction of the Fruitland Manor construction that was initiated by Redmond and made it their home. Prosper J. Berckmans Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans (1830 - 1910, Left) was born on October 13, 1830 in Belgium. Berckmans followed his father's footsteps and studied horticulture in Belgium and France returning to the family estate at the age of 17. In 1850, at the age of 20, Berckmans made a journey to America to pursue the possibility of moving to America. He visited several states in his journey mainly in the South including Augusta, yet his father decided to immigrate into New Jersey because he thought that it was ideal for a family nursery. After experiencing extremely cold winters in New Jersey, Berckmans decided to move the family to Augusta in 1857. Berckmans soon became a well known horticulturalist and the "Father of the Peach Culture" across the South as his nursery business took off. When he arrived in Georgia, there were approximately 100,000 peach trees primarily located on family farms throughout the state. In 1858, he shipped the first Georgia Peaches to the New York market. By 1861, the Berckmans were producing over 300 kinds of peaches and many other kinds of fruits and trees at Fruitland. He developed and improved many types of peaches including the Chinese Cling, Elberta, Belle and Thurber peaches. Prosper's Thurber was one of the South's leading peaches until Samuel H. Rumph of Marshallville further improved the Elberta peach, which became one of Georgia's primary commercial peach varieties. (In 1875, Rumph also developed a peach shipment pallet design containing a box on crates holding crates of peaches and ice, which helped the Georgia Peach industry grow commercially beyond the state of Georgia.) During Berckmans' lifetime, he had introduced or improved three of the five main varieties of Georgia Peaches. Georgia State Department of Entomology wrote in its Bulletin in 1907, "The peach should be emblazoned on the Berckmans heraldry, for President Berckmans may be justly styled the father of peach culture in the South. The improvement of the Chinese Cling type in Georgia is largely due to the energies and foresight of Messrs. Berckmans, Miller, Rumph, Husted, Stubbs and other members of the Georgia Horticultural Society." Over Berckmans' 50 years of extensive research on peaches, he planted more than 3 million peach trees in Augusta according to the Berckmans family documents. Georgia Peaches on Fruitland Nurseries By the 1880s, Fruitland was mailing out approximately 25,000 catalogs a year, many of which were sent overseas; the Fruitland catalogue read, “We ship to almost every part of the United States and our foreign trade reaches such distant points as Australia, China, Japan, Africa, the East and West Indies, Brazil, the Bermudas and every section of Europe and North and South America." On November 6th, 1910, Berckmans passed away at the age of 80. Following his death, his three sons carried on the business. His oldest son, Louis Alphonse became President of the company. His second son, Robert Craig served as Vice President and youngest son, Prosper Jules Alphonse Jr. (“Allie”) was Secretary and Treasurer. Both Louis and Allie were active landscape designers and carried out Fruitland’s landscaping department successfully. Louis was also the garden designer for Radio City Music Hall in New York and designed numerous golf courses around the country. In 1912, the Berckmans brothers stuck the largest peach deal ever made in Georgia. According to Augusta Chronicle's report, the brothers sold their entire year’s peach crop to a New Jersey firm for an estimated $100,000.00. While the brothers worked well together, there was a shift in the control of the Fruitland property after the death of their father due to his will, which was left to his second wife and his sons. The family business was eventually shut down. In 1918, less than a decade after Berckmans' death. As the early 20th century progressed, Augusta was becoming a small winter retreat for wealthy northerners. In 1925, Miami hotel mogul, J. Perry Commodore Stoltz saw the opportunity and purchased the Fruitland property in an attempt to build his winter resort "Augusta Fleetwood Resort." His construction was never completed and Fruitland property was idle for the remainder of the 1920s. In 1931, the property was eventually sold for the reported amount of $70,000 to establish a golf course that has forever placed Augusta on the map as an internationally recognized center for golf. After the acquisition, Prosper’s two sons, L.A and Allie. Berckmans returned to the Fruitland property and assisted in the landscape design of the course of this famous course. The Berckmans' family home still remains on the original Fruitland property and serves as the golf course’s clubhouse today. Today, Augusta is known throughout the world for golf while peach production has become a faded memory. Yet Augusta will always be the place that put Georgia on the map as the "Peach State" with its humble beginnings at Fruitland and the vision of the Berckmans family. About the show: ► Visit http://www.swap.com and use Promo Code: ASHDAILY40 for 40% off! ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Daily Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►SWAP Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit®

After Japan invaded the Philippines in 1941 two American servicemen hatched a desperate plan to sail 3,000 miles to Allied Australia in a 20-foot wooden fishing boat. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll join Rocky Gause and William Osborne as they struggle to avoid the Japanese and reach safety. We'll also tell time in Casablanca and puzzle over a towing fatality. Intro: H.M. Small patented a hammock for railway passenger cars in 1889. The clock face on the Marienkirche in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany, has 61 minutes. Sources for our feature on Damon Gause: Damon Gause, The War Journal of Major Damon "Rocky" Gause, 1999. William L. Osborne, Voyage into the Wind, 2013. Stephan Wilkinson, "10 Great POW Escapes," Military History 28:4 (November 2011), 28-33,5. "Two U.S. Officers Flee Philippines By a 159-Day Journey to Australia," New York Times, Oct. 20, 1942, 6. "Bataan-to-Australia Escape Takes 159 Days," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 20, 1942, 1. "U.S. Officers in Australia After Fleeing Philippines," New York Times, Oct. 24, 1942, 5. "Angry Officer Who Fled Luzon Tells Odyssey," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 4, 1942, A1. "Crash Kills Gause, Who Fled Bataan," New York Times, March 17, 1944, 7. Mark Pino, "Bataan Survivors Meet, Share Stories of Strength," Orlando Sentinel, May 4, 1997, 1. Tunku Varadarajan, "Bidding War for Diary of Great Escape," Times, May 8, 1998, 20. David Usborne, "Hero's Voyage Ends in Hollywood," Independent, May 9, 1998, 13. Don O'Briant, "Georgia Officer's Great Escape to Get Hollywood Treatment," Atlanta Constitution, March 4, 1999, 1. Mark Pino, "War Hero's Tribute Marching On," Orlando Sentinel, April 21, 1999, 1. Bill Baab, "Journal Documents Great Escapes During War," Augusta Chronicle, Jan. 16, 2000, F5. Christopher Dickey, "The Great Escape," New York Times, Jan. 23, 2000. Don O'Briant, "Veterans Day: Sons Relive WWII Tale of Perilous Getaway," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 11, 2001, 1. "The Firsthand Account of One of the Greatest Escapes of World War II," Book TV, CSPAN2, 2000. Robert E. Hood, "The Incredible Escape," Boys' Life, May 2002. Chris Petrikin and Benedict Carver, "Miramax Escapes With 'War Journal,'" Variety, Feb. 9, 1999. Listener mail: Telling time in Casablanca. We discussed English as She Is Spoke in Episode 58. Deb Belt, "Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Is the Right House for $15K," Baltimore Patch, Aug. 1, 2017. Beth Dalbey, "5 Historic Great Lakes Lighthouses for Sale in Michigan," Baltimore Patch, July 28, 2017. A Maryland lighthouse for sale by the General Services Administration. To see all the lighthouses currently at auction, search for "lighthouse" on this page. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener David Pruessner. Please visit Littleton Coin Company to sell your coins and currency, or call them toll free 1-877-857-7850. Get your free trial set from Harry's, including a handle, blade, shave gel, and travel blade cover, by visiting http://harrys.com/closet. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

It's MASTERS WEEK. Maybe the most exciting week on the golf calendar as upon us, and we've got some great content to get you ready. Shane is joined by Scott Michaeux of the Augusta Chronicle, who has covered the Masters for over 20 years. With so many tournaments under his belt, Michaeux discusses all the great things fans need to know about the Masters experience: from the best viewing spots on the course, to the food and bars, to the course conditions and scenery. Then, a really fun interview with Paul Stankowski, who finished T-5 in the 1997 Masters, the year Tiger really made a name for himself. Stankowski discusses the feeling around that tournament after the first round, how close he was to playing in the final pairing with Tiger on Sunday, and some interesting words he regrets saying about Tiger heading into Sunday. A really great podcast hitting all angles of Masters week! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In 1913 outdoorsman Joseph Knowles pledged to spend two months in the woods of northern Maine, naked and alone, fending for himself "without the slightest communication or aid from the outside world." In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow Knowles' adventures in the woods and the controversy that followed his return to civilization. We'll also consider the roots of nostalgia and puzzle over some busy brothers. Intro: In 1972, a French physicist discovered a natural uranium reactor operating underground in Gabon. In the 13th century the English royal menagerie included a polar bear. Sources for our feature on Joseph Knowles: Jim Motavalli, Naked in the Woods, 2007. Joseph Knowles, Alone in the Wilderness, 1913. Bill Donahue, "Naked Joe," Boston Magazine, April 2013. Richard O. Boyer, "The Nature Man," New Yorker, June 18, 1938. John Gould, "Tarzan of the Pines," Christian Science Monitor, June 18, 1999. Roderick Nash, "The American Cult of the Primitive," American Quarterly 18:3 (Autumn 1966), 517-537. Robert Moor, "The 1913 'Nature Man' Whose Survivalist Stunts Were Not What They Seemed," Atlas Obscura, July 7, 2016. "Joe Knowles, Lived in Wilds Unarmed!", New York Times, Oct. 23, 1942. Joseph B. Frazier, "An Early Nature Buff: By Going Into the Woods Alone, Did Joe Knowles Remind America of Its Potential?", Orlando Sentinel, March 2, 2008. Joseph B. Frazier, "'Natural Man' Inspired, Despite Fraud Claims," Augusta Chronicle, March 16, 2008. "The 100th Anniversary of Joe Knowles' Famous Odyssey into the Wilds," Lewiston [Maine] Sun Journal, April 14, 2013. "Joe Knowles and the Legacy of Wilderness Adventures," Lewiston [Maine] Sun Journal, May 12, 2013. "Nature Man Badly Injured," Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1915. "The Nature Man," The Billboard, Nov. 6, 1915. Grace Kingley, "Joe Knowles, Nature Man, at Republic," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 23, 1914. Still dressed in his bearskin and cedar-bark shoes, Knowles was examined by Harvard physician Dudley Sargent on Oct. 9, 1913. "He surpassed every test he took before starting on the trip," Sargent declared. "His scientific experiment shows what a man can do when he is deprived of the luxuries which many people have come to regard as necessities." A portion of the crowd that met him in Boston. Listener mail: Fireworks disasters in Oban, Scotland, and San Diego. MURDERCASTLE, from the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. John Tierney, "What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows," New York Times, July 8, 2013. University of Southampton, "What Nostalgia Is and What It Does" (accessed March 18, 2017). "Nostalgia," Google Books Ngram Viewer, March 18, 2017. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Rod Guyler. You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Get set for another epic Masters tournament as Mark Immelman gives you a little insider knowledge on Augusta National Golf Club.  Scott Michaux from The Augusta Chronicle also joins the conversation with his take on this year's tournament as well as other interesting insights.

In this podcast, Mark chats with TPI certified trainer, Chris Kendrick, about Rory McIlroy's vine response to Brandel Chamblee of the squats he was doing in the gym. Chris also explains the correct squat for training and golf success. Also, Scott Michaux from The Augusta Chronicle joins the chat and sheds light on the trials and travails that Vaughn Taylor went through en route to his win at The 2016 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.Here you'll find the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions posed by Healthy Talk fans.Listen in because what you know helps ensure healthy choices you can live with. Today on Healthy Talk, you wanted to know:Have you heard about conditioning your blood flow to treat dementia?Dr. Mike needed to do some research on this, and he found that it falls under the theory of hormesis, which is the theory that a little bit of a stressor goes a long way and it stimulates protective processes in your body.Research published in the Augusta Chronicle says that briefly cutting off blood flow in the arm can stave off dementia, based on a chronic lack of blood flow in deeper parts of the brain.Dr. Mike, should one take nattokinase and vitamin K2? If so, what are the suggested doses?Dr. Mike says that you can take both nattokinase and vitamin K2. The worry comes in for some people who are trying to prevent clots; they are told to avoid vitamin K2.If you have a health question or concern, Dr. Mike encourages you to write him at askdrmikesmith@radiomd.com or call in, toll-free, to the LIVE radio show (1.844.305.7800) so he can provide you with support and helpful advice.

Check out Episode 7 of the POP GOD POPcast, hosted by Alex Doriot of popgodblog.com. This week's guest is Rick McKee. Rick is the political cartoonist at The Augusta Chronicle, the longest running newspaper in the south. Rick's story is all about faith and perseverance in the pursuit of a dream. We talk about his journey from a 12-year-old drawing pictures in the back of a classroom to a cartoonist published in the Washington Post and USA Today. Plus we chat about the creative process of a daily political cartoon, the current state of the newspaper business, and some "insider" Augusta history. Enjoy this look at a creative avenue you've probably never learned about before.Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, rate it, leave a comment, listen to all the other episodes, share it on Twitter and Facebook and anywhere else. And check out PopGodBlog.com for more content seeking God in the present tense.