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Museum honors teacher who led Rocket Club at Josey High School
By Kelly Jasper
Staff Writer
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
 It was 1964 in segregated Augusta when a group of young men from the new black high school in town gathered outside to launch rockets they had built high into the air. 
 They called it Rocket Club, [...]

This was a staff-wide effort I oversaw for the front page of the Jan. 1 paper. Read on for details on all sorts of beats, including faith, education, sports, city government …

A lot lies ahead for the Augusta area this year
By Kelly Jasper | Staff Writer
Friday, January 01, 2010
There’s the usual, such as [...]

This story ran on Christmas Eve to showcase the phenomenal effort it takes to provide for homeless families at Christmas.

Interfaith helps homeless of Augusta
Yearlong effort of 24 churches soon to expand

By Kelly Jasper | Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2009

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This Saturday, the Chronicle ran a story about Tyler Maphis and his family (pictured above).  I got a note from Tyler’s mom, Misty, on Sunday. In three hours after the story ran, more than $2,000 was donated to the family’s non-profit Web site.
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Wheelchair-accessible van on family wish list
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Sunday school teacher taught for 60 years
 
By Kelly Jasper | Staff Writer  | The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Ga.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
 It was past his bedtime, but Cason Bruker wasn’t about to miss the end of a football game. He stayed up late Saturday to watch his beloved Georgia Bulldogs run over Georgia Tech.
He grinned at the 30-24 upset, then [...]