A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : IF IT'S A BOY, NAME HIM GIFFORD.From the classified section of the Green Bay (wis.) News Chronicle The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication in 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. History The News Chronicle was formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle on 2 June 1930. : NEEDED: Videotape of PACKERS victory over BEARS/Monday Night Football Sept. 11, 1995 as souvenir for baby born 9 months later. Call xxx-xxxx. Hedges - wasn't he a tackle back in '32? In what turned out to be a mushy mush·y adj. mush·i·er, mush·i·est 1. Resembling mush in consistency; soft. 2. Informal a. Excessively sentimental. See Synonyms at sentimental. b. ceremony, the University of Georgia's famed hedges were replanted in Sanford Stadium Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. The 92,746-seat stadium is the fifth largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA. on a recent morning after being removed last year so the stadium could accommodate Olympic soccer. Athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Vince Dooley Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988) and athletic director (1979 to 2004) at the University of Georgia. During his 25 year coaching career at UGA, Dooley compiled a 201-77-10 record. also revealed that about 1,200 of the rooted cuttings from the original hedges had been kept in a nursery in Quincy, Fla., while the other half were in Thomson, Ga., near Augusta. ``The hedges are back where they belong,'' Dooley bragged to a small crowd. ``Now we know the hedges are safely out of Florida. We welcome Hedges II.'' ``These are the sons and daughters of the original hedges,'' Dooley said. ``They're home now.'' Olympic organizer Billy Payne, an All-SEC defensive end for the Bulldogs in 1968, got sentimental. ``It's no secret of the affection I hold (for) this stadium and these hedges,'' Payne said. ``I'll make good on my final Olympic responsibility, which is putting these hedges back where they belong.'' The English privet hedges Noun 1. privet hedge - hedge of privet plants hedge, hedgerow - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes were put in the stadium in 1929 and have been a fixture in Georgia history since. When nursery workers left Thomson Monday morning to return the hedges, many Georgia fans lined the highway to get a picture or videotape of the moving. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: no caption (Vince Dooley) |
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