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Sanford Stadium vandalism
University police are still investigating the vandalism of Sanford Stadium, believed to have occurred about 4 a.m. Oct. 1. After using a wire cutter to break the lock at Gate 10 and gain entry into the stadium early that morning, the vandals then drove a vehicle around parts of the stadium playing field.
“It was certainly a dastardly thing to do,” says athletic director Vince Dooley. “However, we’re fortunate that we have the best in professional turf management people who were on top of the situation right away.”
UGA grounds crews worked Oct. 1 to hide the damage--mainly pulled-up grass and tire marks--so that the field was playable during the Oct. 2 football game against Louisiana State University.
Initial repairs were estimated at $10,000; long-term costs could exceed $100,000. Anyone with information about the incident should call university police at 542-2200.
Ag college alumni honors
The Agricultural Alumni Association honored its own at its 45th annual awards banquet Sept. 24. Members are graduates of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The late John William Firor Sr. was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame. Firor organized and chaired UGA’s department of agricultural economics in 1929. He retired in 1950.
Firor, who came to the university in 1912 with a horticulture degree from the Maryland Agriculture College, was known as a gifted teacher who greatly influenced Georgia agriculture through his students. He died in 1956.
The Award of Excellence honored Wilbur C. Mull, Lawrence Risse and Ed Brown, all of Athens. Estes Reynolds, a UGA extension service food scientist in Athens, received the Outstanding Faculty Award.
Mull is a national leader in the green industry. He founded Classic Groundcovers, Inc., in Athens in 1963. It has become the largest business of its kind, a wholesale nursery specializing in groundcover-only plants.
Risse conducted research around the world for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He studied handling, packaging and transportation of fruits and vegetables. Risse was the research leader with the European Market Research Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He retired in 1994 and manages his beef farm in Oconee County.
Brown coordinates the state extension program in plant pathology. He is a respected expert in turf grass, forestry and shade trees. Brown has educated more than 500,000 people on disease control and diagnostics. He helped develop the internationally recognized Georgia Digital Diagnostics project.
Reynolds coordinates the outreach program for the department of food science and technology and the Food Process Research and Development Laboratory. He has developed curriculums for the food industry. Reynolds has worked with processors to produce specialty foods and supply technical knowledge.
Wind Symphony recording
The UGA Wind Symphony’s most recent album entitled “When The Trumpets Call” will be pressed and distributed by Summit Records in spring 2000.
The album boasts an eclectic program that includes several well-known master works for the wind band as well as more recent compositions. School of Music professor of trumpet Fred Mills, former founder and principal trumpet of the Canadian Brass, is the featured soloist for “When Speaks the Signal-Trumpet Tone” by the internationally known composer David Gillingham. This is the premiere performance and recording of the University Bands-commissioned work.
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