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Student thrilled to join inventors

Adrian Lindsey is used to getting phone calls.

''It's great getting calls when you're in business,'' said the 18-year-old Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy senior who works hard to promote and sell his product, the All Net Sak.

But he was taken aback by the call he received one afternoon in mid-August.

It was from the National Museum of Education in downtown Akron. Read more...

Eatonton merchant sees green in red and black

Marlene Gordon is eagerly awaiting the start of the University of Georgia's football season Saturday.

But she won't be watching the game. She'll be selling Bulldog novelties to some of those making the pilgrimage up U.S. 129/441 to Athens.

Gordon owns Gordys Gifts in downtown Eatonton, a small shop at 101 Jefferson Ave. just north of the courthouse square. She has a variety of home decor items, wedding and baby gifts and jewelry, but she also stocks a lot of collegiate novelties. Read more...