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11/27/2025

11/07/2025

🚨 URGENT ALERT for Boaters off NC, SC, & GA! 🐋

North Atlantic Right Whales are beginning their crucial migration to our waters, and the lives of this critically endangered species depend on you!

Sightings have already occurred off Hilton Head Island, Savannah (GA), and Cape Lookout (NC). The official calving season runs November 15th - April 15th, but the whales are arriving now.

Why Vigilance is VITAL:
Only ~380 right whales remain. Every successful birth is crucial. Mothers and new calves often swim slowly, close to shore, and just below the surface, making them extremely vulnerable to vessel collisions. Vessel strikes can be deadly to the whale and dangerous to your boat.

What Boaters MUST Do:
SLOW DOWN and maintain a sharp lookout.
STAY AT LEAST 500 YARDS AWAY from any whale.
DO NOT follow or pursue them.
Heed all warnings and alerts from the U.S. Coast Guard and aerial surveys.

Report ALL Sightings Immediately!
Call 877-WHALE-HELP (877-942-5343)
Hail the U.S. Coast Guard on marine VHF channel 16
Use the Whale Alert app (whalealert.org)

Photo credit (2024): Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01. Aerial survey funded by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and NOAA Fisheries

10/20/2025

photos from the 4 goal thank you Caroline Sankey ❤️📸 Sound Science Nutrition Horse Nutrena Feed Standlee Premium Western Forage

10/20/2025

Thank you for the ponies ❤️Luna and Lemoncello and for the photos

10/11/2025

The Sankey family prides itself on top bucking horse bloodlines and efficient event production during the heat of the summer rodeo season.

09/29/2025

In 1910, a South Carolina teacher named Marie Samuella Cromer had a bold idea: give rural girls not just lessons, but land. Each girl received a tiny 1/10-acre plot and learned to grow, can, and sell tomatoes.

They weren’t just planting seeds in the soil—they were planting seeds of independence.

These “girls’ tomato clubs” quickly spread across the South. Members, ages 9 to 20, learned how to farm, manage money, and run their own small businesses. One girl harvested 2,000 pounds of tomatoes, earning \$78 (about \$2,470 today)—a fortune for a young woman at that time. Another saved \$60 in the bank (about \$1,880 today), proudly funding her own expenses.

The clubs taught much more than farming. They gave girls responsibility, confidence, and financial freedom in an era when women’s opportunities were severely limited. Every basket of tomatoes was proof that they could contribute not only to their families but also to society.

Marie Cromer’s simple idea transformed lives and challenged expectations. It showed that when you give young women tools, skills, and trust—the harvest is far greater than what grows in the ground.

09/29/2025

Tiger Woods hasn't done it. Jack Nicklaus didn't do it. But Atlanta's Bobby Jones did. On this date in 1930, Jones became the first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam: the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the British Amateur.

Born in 1902, Jones learned to play golf at the East Lake Country Club in Atlanta. In eight seasons from 1923 to 1930, he won thirteen major championships, but no prize money. Always playing as an amateur, Jones preferred to focus on his education. He graduated from Georgia Tech, majored in English literature at Harvard, and passed the Georgia Bar after three semesters at Emory — all before he turned 30.

After retiring from golf, Jones created the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, which was first played in 1934. Tragically, he contracted a rare spinal disease in 1948 and was confined to a wheelchair until his death in 1971. But Bobby Jones assured his legacy as the greatest golfer ever on September 27, 1930, Today in Georgia History.
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via:todayingeorgiahistory.org

09/20/2025