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Martina Hingis elected to Tennis Hall of Fame

...played in the 1960s and 1970s and reached a No. 4 ranking. He helped start the ATP men's tour, serving as its first president from 1972-74.Pasarell played on UCLA's NCAA championship team and was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-03-04/martina-hingis-elected-tennis-hal
Augusta has long been a place to lose and lose big

...concluded his single term 100 years ago this spring, he was an impressive 340 pounds.Some of us also know Taft was the first president to play golf, at least publicly, and despite his size was pretty good at it. He loved the sport.Chances are if...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-06/augusta-has-long-been-place-l
Augusta has long been a place to lose and lose big

...concluded his single term 100 years ago this spring, he was an impressive 340 pounds.Some of us also know Taft was the first president to play golf, at least publicly, and despite his size was pretty good at it. He loved the sport.Chances are if...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-06/augusta-has-long-been-place-l
New phone chargers cause chaos

...706) 722-8373. BY GEORGE: Today's the traditional day we celebrate the birthday of George Washington, our first president. But did you know that if you had looked at a calendar on the wall the day George was born in 1732, it would have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-21/new-phone-chargers-cause-chao
In Clara Barton, celebrations of women, Red Cross intersect

...30,000 people who were left homeless after a hurricane on the Sea Islands of South Carolina. She served as the first president of the American Red Cross and resigned her membership in 1904. She died at the age of 91 at her home on April 12...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-03-16/clara-barton-cel
Milestones

...annual Barret Award to William B. Kuhlke Jr. at its meeting March 11. The award is named in honor of the club's first president, George Barrett, and is given to the member whose deeds have most contributed to the community's welfare. Kuhlke...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2013-03-19/milestones
Many Augustans plan to attend Obama's inauguration

...being uttered.Obama's inauguration brought out the best in people, she said, as it should.The country's first president, George Washington, was inaugurated at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789. That first ceremony started...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-19/many-augustans-plan-attend-ob
Former Augustan Woodrow Wilson twice elected

...be our motto." MARCH 4, 1917During the oath of office for his second term on March 4, 1917, Wilson became the first president to take the oath on a Sunday.A public inauguration was held the following day, and it marked the first time women...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-19/former-augustan-woodrow-
History marker to honor Augusta native who supported Union in Civil War

...residency at the time and later became an renowned obstetrician. (His grandfather, Josiah Meigs, had become the first president of the University of Georgia 15 years earlier.)While Montgomery was still very young, the Meigs family moved to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-04/history-marker-honor-augusta-
John Karrh

...City, Ga., the current site of the George L. Smith State Park. His civic involvement included serving as the first president of the Emanuel Country Agri-Business council and he was instrumental in obtaining the agricultural show building...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000161252030