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Mayday, Mayday: We need to have a May Day again

...going down or a boat is sinking. Do you know why? (Answer below) AUGUSTA'S MAYDAY: We are also fortunate around here to have a Mayday year-round. Our Mayday is the short hair border collie who keeps birds from getting too comfortable along...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/01/kir_522357.shtml
Bill Kirby | Augusta Regional Airport - Bush Field
Airport board debates insurance for dog

Mayday! Mayday! The bird-chasing dog at Augusta Regional Airport has no life insurance...premature entry to doggie heaven for the $15,000 border collie named Mayday eventually could be doggone unnecessary. A $500 insurance policy on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/07/11/met_380853.shtml
Metro | Augusta Regional Airport - Bush Field
Airport bird dog back on the job

Mayday, Augusta Regional Airport's bird-chasing...leg about three weeks ago. Tina Rhodes, Mayday's handler and caretaker, said the mass...at a better time because 11-year-old Mayday does most of her work in the spring and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/29/met_509516.shtml
Metro | Augusta Regional Airport - Bush Field
Facility's bird dog to get help

Mayday the border collie relies on signals from...by November. Already, the airport uses Mayday to chase birds to reduce collisions with...large enough - duck size, for example. Mayday also chases ground wildlife, which are...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/08/05/met_383174.shtml
Metro | Augusta Regional Airport - Bush Field
Augusta Regional Airport's budget items stir questions

The bird-chasing dog Mayday will be insured, and more than $350,000 will be available to market...worried about $375,000 for marketing." The health insurance for Mayday, the dog who helps the airport prevent airplane bird strikes, will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/07/16/met_381288.shtml
Metro | Augusta Regional Airport - Bush Field
Being famous is a matter of perspective

...lines from television was uttered in the old sitcom Cheers, whose main character was former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Sam "Mayday" Malone, an alcoholic bar owner. "Not many people know it," Sam told a barfly one night, "but I'm a pretty famous...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/06/09/moo_461538.shtml
Glynn Moore
Around Alone yachtswoman capsizes in storm in southern Pacific

...organizer Dan McConnell said Tuesday. Autissier, overall leader in the single-handed round-the-world race, had sent out a mayday call and advised her French headquarters, McConnell said. He said Italian entrant Giovanni Soldini has been diverted to help...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/02/16/oth_253552.shtml
Other sports
China violates international law

...The Chinese aircraft violated the safe airspace of the EP-3E. After the collision, the EP-3E, in extremis, called a mayday and, by international law, of which China is a signatory, they had a requirement to clear the aircraft to the nearest safe...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/04/12/op_312451.shtml
Opinion columns
Augusta Regional Airport dog kept birds at bay before retiring

...getting accustomed to a more relaxed life.Mayday spends most of her days alone in the yard...For nearly 10 years, Rhodes said, Mayday was a crucial employee for the airport...struck by arriving and departing planes.Mayday had been trained by Dr. Nicholas Carter...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-08-07/augusta-regional-airport-dog-
Firefighters band together during crisis

...wasn't looking for kudos but was glad that he could help out in their time of need.Bolgla later listened to a recording of the mayday call issued during the attack on the Asheville fire. It was a chilling moment."It's mind-boggling and a wake-up call...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-08-02/firefighters-band-together-du