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An Argentine mural artist known as “Jaz” has jazzed up the timing tower at the Olympic Rowing Venue at Clarks Bridge Park at the northern end of Lake Lanier. Franco Fasoli — which, if you say it with a Spanish accent, is every bit as cool …
The weather will be perfect for this year’s Shore Sweep — 75 degrees and sunny. The folks from the Lake Lanier Association need help scouting out the shoreline in advance of the big day, Saturday, September 28th. If you are available to drive your boat …
Almost every time I went out on Lake Lanier to catch bass with my friend Don Poole, the world’s worst fisherman, I would hear him yell (in a Southern accent that Goober couldn’t understand), “GAR!!!GAR!!!” At first I thought it was some kind of genetic …
Thirteen years ago, preliminary engineering studies began on the project to replace Clarks Bridge over Lake Lanier where the Chattahoochee River flows into the lake at State Route 284/Clarks Bridge Road near the Olympic Rowing Venue not far from where I once hit a …
A day after finishing 14th in women’s K-2 500m, Maggie Hogan (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) placed 15th in the 200m distance. They placed 6th in their 200m B Final with a time of 40.574, which was +1.042 seconds behind the …
It took 16 years for the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club to produce it’s first Olympian in Tim Hornsby who competed at the 2012 Games and is racing this weekend at the 2013 ICF ParaCanoe World Championships in Germany. New USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint High Performance …
Florida’s Governor Rick Scott hopes his whining will produce water. That’s the only reasonable explanation why he has filed another lawsuit in the Water Wars with Georgia. Floridians are demanding water from Lake Lanier to feed their slimy friends (the oysters) in Apalachicola Bay. Citizens of …
The Gainesville/Hall ‘96 Foundation and its newly elected board of directors met for the first time on Friday, August 17, 2013, at the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) offices in Gainesville. The non-profit organization’s goal is to restore the Lake Lanier 1996 Olympic Rowing Venue …
Aqualand Marina on Lake Lanier bills itself as “the world’s largest inland marina.” OK, I can deal with that. Not like anyone we know owns a bigger marina. We have a more important issue. The weather. Sorry, but I am so sick of all the rain …
Our pal, Joanna Cloud of the Lake Lanier Association, is looking for artists to enter their contest to design the 2013 Shore Sweep T-shirt. The winner will potentially receive worldwide fame and unfathomable riches (some restrictions apply). The deadline for submissions, however, is Thursday, August …