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COURTESY: GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK AND KRUHU

What: Golden Harvest’s Extreme Dream: Everyone Eats!

When: Monday, December 6 (Wear Jeans to Work Day) Monday, December 6 through 11 (Food Drive)

Where: Businesses across the CSRA (Wear Jeans to Work Day) Warren Baptist Church on Washington Road (Food Drive)

Augusta, GA November 29, 2010 – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is coming to Augusta and Golden Harvest Food Bank will be working with the show to help not only the deserving, local family selected to receive a new home, but also the neighborhood in which that family lives.

Golden Harvest partnered with KRUHU Creative + Design to launch: “Golden Harvest’s Extreme Dream: Everyone Eats!” which will kick off on Monday, December 6, 2010. The campaign’s goal is to raise $50,000 in addition to as much food as possible. Golden Harvest Food Bank will have a remote location set up at Warren Baptist Church on Washington Road to accept food and monetary donations from December 6 through December 11.

Our Extreme Dream campaign also includes a fundraising event in which then entire CSRA can easily participate. Gold Harvest is asking local businesses to encourage their employees to each contribute $5 to Golden Harvest’s Extreme Dream: Everyone Eats! Each employee contributing to the company donation would then be allowed to “Wear Jeans to Work” on Monday, December 6, 2010.

Any local businesses or schools wishing to participate can assign an employee to contact Travis McNeal at Golden Harvest Food Bank to get details about the campaign, a poster that can be placed in the business and information on making the office donation to the Extreme Dream campaign. Golden Harvest’s mission is: to END HUNGER in our 30-county service area in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina. In order to achieve this mission, it takes more than food. It takes funds. Golden Harvest can feed more people with one dollar than with many cans of food. For every ONE dollar donated, Golden Harvest is able to distribute SEVEN dollars worth of food.

Join Kruhu, Master Automotive, Warren Baptist Church, ADP, Supertruck, Shannon Rollings Real Estate and Phoenix Printers to help Golden Harvest achieve their Extreme Dream by getting local businesses to “Wear Jeans to Work” on Monday, December 6, donate food or funds at Warren Baptist Church on Washington Road or donate online at http://www.goldenharvest.org/Donate.aspx.

Golden Harvest is proud to be working with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help feed a deserving, local family and the neighborhood in which they live. However, Golden Harvest couldn’t do it without the support of the people in the CSRA. So, from Golden Harvest – THANK YOU in advance for helping us achieve our Extreme Dream. We won’t stop working until Everyone Eats!

Media Info: Emily Stevenson – emily@kruhu.com – 706.495.6885

“Wear Jeans to Work Day” Info: Travis McNeal – tmcneal@goldenharvest.org – 706.373.0549

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WRDW 1630AM 12-2PM OR STREAMING LIVE AT WWW.WRDWAM.COM

The last day of November brings holiday cheer from our two grumpy old men…errr boyz! They are talking about goodwill to mankind and “let their be light” as well!

12:20pm Travis McNeal of the Golden Harvest Food Bank to talk about their pledge to help raise $50,000 in relation to the Extreme Makeover build in Augusta…see below for press releases and how you and your company can get involved.

12:45pm - - ADVANCED SERVICES CEO  Jeff Annis and perhaps a Bug Babe or two will be in to talk about their new training business to help business leaders form Work Life Strategies.

1:20pm – - DICK HADLOCK will be discussing holiday lights from “CHRISTMAS AND NITE TIME DECORS”.

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1:30pm –  LADY BUGS FLOWERS AND GIFTS leader Allyson Smith shares some holiday ideas with Buzz Nation.

1:45pm - - We welcome a different member of the Augusta Technical College staff to help our listeners look for some new training options or to plan a new future with studies that will yield a new career. For more information, log on to www.augustatech.edu

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We just got the buzz that both Great Wraps and Moe’s are coming to the Augusta Mall. Great Wraps should open it’s second CSRA store within 2 weeks in the food court. Their first store is next to Moe’s in the Mullins Crossing in Evans. Moe’s will be joining Great Wraps with it’s fourth store in the Augusta Mall. They are slated for a December 23^rd opening and have a Facebook contest to award free burrito’s to everyone IF they get can 3,000 followers on their Facebook page by midnight Thursday!

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We just got the “late buzz” that in late October Kathy Mullis closed the Quilt Shop On The Corner. It was located at the corner of 5^th and Telfair in a former restaurant building. Kathy appeared on our radio buzz program on her first anniversary. She is a retired nurse and opened the shop in January of 2009 and was open for 22 months offering quilting classes and fine fabrics.

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SOURCE: CLUB CAR OF AUGUSTA

Seve Ballesteros Will Be Honored with EGCOA Award.

AUGUSTA, GA. (Nov. 29, 2010) – Club Car will receive the European Golf Course Owners Association’s Industry Award at the association’s European Golf Business Conference on Wednesday in London. The award is given annually to the company that demonstrates outstanding commitment to course owners’ efforts to grow the game of golf and make their businesses more successful.

“Club Car has a long history of support for European course owners and operators and for the golf industry overall,” said Marcel Welling, president of the EGCOA. “The company’s innovative products and strong customer service make Club Car one of our members’ most valuable resources.”

Club Car president and CEO Gary Michel called the award “extremely gratifying.”

“These are challenging times for many European course owners and operators, and we want to make sure they know that our products and our people are dedicated to their success,” Michel said.

The association’s EGCOA Award will be presented to Seve Ballesteros. Ballesteros retired from professional golf in July 2007 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. As his health allows, Ballesteros continues to campaign and raise money for brain tumor research as well as to introduce golf to young people who lack sufficient financial means to learn the game.

Award winners are determined by the EGCOA board of directors.

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The boyz are back from their annual Turkey Day trips to Waffle House and Grandma’s House!

Today is a perfect transition into the holiday business with a few guests talking Christmas cheer!

12:20pm – CHARLIE MILLS from “Clarks Hill Christmas Tree Farm” will be our first guest, sharing stories of more than 25 Christmases on the farm selling trees and organizing hay rides.  http://www.clarkshillchristmastreefarm.com/site/

1230 pm…JOB SHOP JOB OF THE DAY

12:45pm –  MARGARET WOODARD will chat about the “Christmas Light up Spectacular” coming up on Friday, 12/3 and Saturday, 12/4. Chick-fil-a is a new business partner.

For more info visit, www.myaugustadowntown.com.

1:20pm – Ambassador Trent Anthony shares some upcoming networking events you can be part of.

1:45pm – DINO DAKURAS of www.papansons.com makes his final appearance on the “Buzz” for awhile, wrapping up his series on franchising his Chicago Style concept.

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Former Buzz Ambassador John Forde texted in a few updates:

1)The old Bojangles is now torn down in front of the Post Office on Peach Orchard Road

2)Old Golden Corral is going to be Hibachi Sushi Buffet at 3006 Peach Orchard Road. According to Loopnet, a real estate web service, Golden Corral vacated the property in mid May.

It was up for lease for about $10,000 per month or for sale. We’re not sure if the Hibachi Sushi Buffet backers are leasing or buying the property.

It is an 8,500 square foot restaurant with room for 150 cars in the parking lot.

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The below “e-card” shares a little insight into a story we’ve been covering related to the popular stationary and party story on Washington Road in Martinez and the fate of other similar stores.

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NOTE FROM HEALTH CENTRAL EMPLOYEE TO BUZZ FOUNDER NEIL GORDON

The following is a quote from an HC employee discussing the January 1^st takeover of HC by the Family Y.

“My job will not be affected, but the other employees will have to reapply for their jobs.  We hope they will do some renovations, but as long as they make any improvements it will be welcomed.  Also, supposedly the hosp. employees will keep their discounts if they come so many times per month so that will be good.”

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COURTESY CITY OF AUGUSTA:

AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 18, 2010 – The Digital Cities Survey, conducted by the Center for Digital Government and Government Technology, measures and assesses the use of information technology by local governments.  Augusta is ranked seventh in cities with populations between 125,000–249,000.

States Tameka Allen, Director of Information Technology for the City of Augusta, “Despite financial challenges, the Augusta Information Technology Department continues to incorporate measurable goals and objectives in order to strategically leverage our resources and maximize the return for our citizens“.

Adds Mayor Copenhaver, ”As we continue to focus on  Augusta’s development as a world class mid-sized city of excellence at all levels, a strong commitment towards ensuring the effective and efficient use of information technology by our local government is a major key to sustaining these efforts.  I have long said that our IT Department is the finest in the Southeast and this national ranking certainly stands to underscore this point.”

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