Explanation of “the Blog”
December 21, 2007
I have been involved in a few conversations lately about how Blogging Richmond Hill works and why it is so different from the blog over at Bryan County News. I’ll try to explain the best I can.
The blog at Bryan County News is designed to support forum style discussion. While these venues are typically called “forums,” BCN chose the “blog” moniker. Whatever they call it, it’s great. You can create an account, log in and type to your heart’s content. It is a wild time over there. If you haven’t been, you should really check it out.
Blogging Richmond Hill is set up as weblog. Blogs are typically single author with open comment sections for discussion. You can check out Making Life Work for You (shameless plug) to see an example of this. You can also go through the blog roll (labeled “The Essentials” on the left hand side) to check out other blogs I really like and you’ll get the idea.
Going through the blog roll, you’ll find a few multi-author blogs. In fact, a friend of mine also writes with me at My Beautiful Chaos (another shameless plug). When you see this, typically the blog owner has invited someone to be a contributor on the blog. This usually happens when the blog owner likes the writing style of someone who may think a little different or sounds a little different to add diversity to the blog. It also eases the burden of the blog owner to produce all the content.
Why is it done this way? Well, blogging is more like a magazine I guess. The owners work very hard on them, spend good money for them and strive to protect content, readability, and readership. So, while anybody can comment, suggest and discuss – the posting is left up to the author(s) or guest posters.
However, while Blogging Richmond Hill is currently a single author blog, this author is open to a lot of ideas.
- Are you a writer? We can talk.
- Do you have article ideas or community questions? Send them over.
- Do you just have something to say on a particular post? Comment away – I turned off all the requirements for identification as anonymity seems to important to some folks in this small community we live in.
I hope this helps clear up the differences. Blogging is a neat device with lots of tools. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, or just want to learn a little more about how to navigate through the blogging community – feel free to give me a call.
Thanks!
April
info@bloggingrichmondhill.com
912.341.9832
Big Thanks to Santa Claus
December 20, 2007
And the guys from the South Bryan County Fire Department. As is their tradition, the firefighters ride Santa around through all the neighborhoods. Last night, our neighborhood was on the list.
I saw the sign posted at the subdivision entrance after I dropped the kids off at school. It just said, “Santa will be in your neighborhood tonight.” Great – except I didn’t know when tonight. Getting four kids fed, bathed, and in bed is fun – add to the mix watching out for Santa – wow!
So, I called the Fire Department. They were the nicest folks (I am not surprised – I just wanted to make sure it got mentioned). They said 6:30 and they rolled through with sirens blaring right on time.
Well, Mrs. Claus must of told her husband he needed some exercise or something (you know how wives can be). I only say this because Santa didn’t simply ride on the firetruck. When the sirens went off, kids came running out of houses. The truck stopped and Santa came down. He talked with the kids, gave hugs, tool pictures, and handed out candy canes. He walked along the sidewalk, down the street where all the kids had gathered, firetruck following behind. The kids were thrilled.
Thanks, Santa and South Bryan County Fire Department – you made the kids’ night!
Bryan County Drug Free Coalition
December 15, 2007
If you haven’t heard, a group has been formed and is working very hard to out together a proposal for a federal grant to obtain funds “to support capacity building and community awareness as it relates to substance abuse, education and access.”
The Coalition Chair, Gini Nichols works closely with Tara Jennings of Family Connection and a group of community volunteers. The coalition began meeting in August.
The Coalition has defined it’s mission as “a community alliance dedicated to implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and reduce substance abuse among area youth in order to promote positive long-term community change.”
The purpose is “to identify local leading problems as it relates to substance abuse and increase awareness and cooperation through a collaborative comprehensive plan to educate the community in order to increase protective factors among youth and prevent the usage in Bryan County over time.”
The group has worked very hard to identify the current situation in Bryan County as it relates to current usage in various demographics. Assessing that situation is the starting point for the action steps that attempts to reduce the activity in these problem areas of substance abuse.
Concerned individuals are always encouraged to participate. The next meeting will be on Monday, January 28th from 3-5pm at the Richmond Hill Library.
12th Annual Hometown Christmas Parade
December 2, 2007
I don’t know how they do it in the rest of Georgia, but Richmond Hill always has a great parade the celebrate the season. My family and love to watch and it is walking distance from the house. It doesn’t get any better than that.
12th Annual Hometown Christmas Parade Pictures
December 2, 2007
Home Post can be found here
The Grand Marshall
Mayor Richard Davis
Richmond Hill Council Members Floyd Hilliard, JoAnn Robinson-Bickley, and Billy Albritton
Richmond Hill High School Marching Band
Richmond Hill High School JROTC
Firefighter pulling the Firetruck Sleigh
Heritage Bank reenacts a Charlie Brown Christmas
Parade Car Show
My favorite of the great cars
Fort McAllister’s
The Girl Scouts
Can you tell we were near the end of the route?
Bryan County Marching Band
Veterans
Vietnam Veterans of America
Richmond Hill Scouts
Bradwell Institute
Tim and Dave’s Nursery
Parade in Georgia is not a parade without tractors
It’s Santa Claus making his stop in Richmond Hill
Big Horse
Little Horse
