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Plantation offers agronomics program
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Updated: Apr 6, 2011, 3:41 PM
Published: Apr 6, 2011, 3:43 PM

College students specializing in golf-course management and maintenance will have the opportunity to participate in The Ford Plantation’s Pete Dye Agronomic Scholarship and Internship Program. The program is named after legendary golf-course architect Pete Dye, who designed the award-winning course at The Ford Plantation.
The Ford Plantation’s Golf Maintenance Department is preparing to host the third annual scholarship and internship program this summer. Each year, professors from leading universities, including the University of Georgia, Penn State, Purdue, Clemson, North Carolina State and the University of Florida, submit nominees for the program.
“This program has been met with enthusiastic support from the members of our club and the universities involved in the program,” Nelson Caron, director of golf-course maintenance at The Ford Plantation, said. “The financial support we get for this program from our members has been essential to the success of program.”
The student nominees are submitted to the Pete Dye Scholarship Committee, which includes director of golf C.W. Canfield, director of golf-course maintenance Nelson Caron, Greens Committee chair Dr. Bill Thompson and Ford Plantation members Mike Killian and Stephen Rabinowitz. 
Students are selected based on individual academic merit and achievement and receive scholarships to be used for educational expenses, hourly wages for the duration of the three-month internship and free housing on-site at The Ford Plantation.
“The capstone of the internship program takes place when each intern is responsible for the management of the golf maintenance crew for three to four days at the end of the summer,” Canfield said. “This unique portion of the program, coupled with competitive wages and an academic scholarship, make The Ford Plantation’s Pete Dye agronomic program one of the most sought after internships in the country.”
For more information about the Pete Dye Agronomic Scholarship and Internship Program or to make a tax-deductible donation to the scholarship fund, call Canfield at 756-5776 or email cwcanfield@fordplantation.com.

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Record April boosts Savannah's container trade at port
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The Port of Savannah moved 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units in April, an increase of 7.1 percent. - photo by Provided
Bryan County News
Updated: May 23, 2018, 1:59 AM
Published: May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM

The Georgia Ports Authority's busiest April ever pushed its fiscal year-to-date totals to more than 3.4 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), an increase of 8.8 percent, or 280,000 TEUs, compared to the first 10 months of fiscal 2017.

"We're on track to move more than 300,000 TEUs in every month of the fiscal year, which will be a first for the authority," said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. "We're also anticipating this to be the first fiscal year for the Port of Savannah to handle more than 4 million TEUs."

April volumes reached 356,700 20-foot equivalent container units, up 7.1 percent or 23,700 units. As the fastest growing containerport in the nation, the Port of Savannah has achieved a compound annual growth rate of more than 5 percent a year over the past decade.

"As reported in the recent economic impact study by UGA's Terry College of Business, trade through Georgia's deepwater ports translates into jobs, higher incomes and greater productivity," said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. "In every region of Georgia, employers rely on the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to help them become more competitive on the global stage."

To strengthen the Port of Savannah's ability to support the state's future economic growth, the GPA Board approved $66 million in terminal upgrades, including $24 million for the purchase of 10 additional rubber-tired gantry cranes.  

"The authority is committed to building additional capacity ahead of demand to ensure the Port of Savannah remains a trusted link in the supply chain serving Georgia and the Southeast," Lynch said.

The crane purchase will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal to 156 RTGs. The new cranes will support three new container rows, which the board approved in March. The additional container rows will increase annual capacity at the Port of Savannah by 150,000 TEUs.

The RTGs will work over stacks that are five containers high and six deep, with a truck lane running alongside the stacks. Capable of running on electricity, the cranes will have a lift capacity of 50 metric tons.

The cranes will arrive in two batches of five in the first and second quarters of calendar year 2019.

 Also at Monday's meeting, the GPA Board elected its officers, with Jimmy Allgood as chairman, Will McKnight taking the position of vice chairman and Joel Wooten elected as the next secretary/treasurer.

For more information, visit gaports.com, or contact GPA Senior Director of Corporate Communications Robert Morris at (912) 964-3855 or rmorris@gaports.com.

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