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The legacy and the rockets of T.W. Josey High

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 [...]

A brighter day (and year) ahead

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, [...]

An Interfaith effort at Christmas

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 ·Email ·AOL IM ·Del.icio.us ·Digg It ·Facebook ·Fark It ·Newsvine ·Reddit ·StumbleUpon ·Yahoo! [...]

A gift for Tyler

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. Take a look. Wheelchair-accessible van on family wish list By Kelly Jasper [...]

For the love of God and Bulldogs

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 [...]