“I want to be an actress when I grow up,” Ava Rose Willis told me without hesitation. The tone of her voice was serious. She’s not your typical third grader, sharing silly dreams of the day she will become famous, she can already envision what it’s going to be like the day it happens. “It’s [...]
Hilary Diebold has always had an interest in theater, no doubt something she picked up from her mother and theater teacher, Kim Diebold. Upon graduating from high school in 2007 she went to Georgia Southern University where she is part of the GSU Theatre and Performance Program. She has acted in plays such as A [...]
Nan Hiott, (pronounced Hyatt), is someone I always wanted to meet…I just wasn’t aware of it until the day we actually met. The beautiful, inside and out, octogenarian works at Wendy’s on Route 17 in Richmond Hill. She is close to her 84th birthday, but has the glow and spirit of a woman twenty years [...]
Georgia’s coast—a surfer’s paradise? Most would say no, but twelve-year-old Mackenzy Penney says, YES!
Richmond Hill Middle School sixth grade student, Mackenzy Penney, began surfing at Tybee Island when her mother and long-term Richmond Hill resident, Tiffany Penney, came across a surf camp the Tybee Island YMCA was offering. A little curious as to how this [...]
In 1996, incumbent Bill Clinton beat out his Republican opponent, Bob Dole, to remain our 42nd president. 1996 was also the year the world watched as athletes descended upon the city of Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the games of the twenty-sixth Olympics. It was also the year that the Richmond Hill Wildcats celebrated their [...]
We all have those moments when we look across the room at a stranger and want to reach out and make a connection. Maybe they seem upset, scared, or maybe just appear lonely. That little voice in the back of our heads keeps prompting us to say something, but we don’t want to be nosy [...]
American male youth, can not have enough role models and positive influences in their informative years of ages 11 to 18. Parents, coaches, teachers, and a few select others, in this case Scout Leaders, in actuality shape the future of our country by the life lessons, ethics, values, and skills they impart to these young [...]
I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. —Albert Schweitzer
With the ever increasing use of texting on our cell phones and Instant Messaging, also known as IM-ing on our [...]
Justine Oakwood is Richmond Hill’s very own resident dog trainer and when watching this petite, little blonde handle her own one-and-a-half year old Doberman, Nero, it’s apparent that she’s very good at what she does. Nero is still an adolescent in dog years, but he is already leaps and bounds ahead of most dogs in [...]
Two-Time Emmy Nominee and Richmond Hill Resident, Helen Butler, Has Worked With Her Share of Interesting Characters – and loves them all.
Her mother told her that the coveted piece of fabric, hidden away in the family cedar chest, would be hers – one day. But the anxious fourth grader could wait no more. So one [...]
