T o Bernard Bowman, the 1996 Olympics are more than just a sports competition and international event. They're a teaching tool. The biology teacher at Glenn Hills High School is using examples of how Olympic athletes train to teach summer school students about respiration and energy.

Local police don't always hit their mark Web-posted July 14, 1996 at 5 p.m. Cop Mike Newsome was a bad shot with his gun. His aim was off. He had developed some bad habits somewhere along the way in his 19-year career, and a few years back his mind started playing tricks on him like a batter in an 0-for-something slump.

North Augusta golf course a year away Web-posted July 14, 1996 at 6 p.m. Although vacations and the Olympic Games have slowed progress, investor Bill Collins says he expects ground-breaking on a new golf course and development in North Augusta to begin in August. He also expects the public course to be playable by about this time next year.

Exhibits reflect diversity of Olympics Web-posted July 13, 1996 at 5:05 p.m. Just as the 1996 Olympics features myriad competitions, from beach volleyball to judo, the accompanying Olympic Arts Festival presents a variety of art. The exhibits are an attempt to combine culture with competition.

Olympic-sized promotion of the visual arts Web-posted July 13, 1996 at 5:05 p.m. If sculpturing was an Olympic event, two area artists would be top contenders. That's because Aiken resident Gretchen Lothrop and Brian Rust, an assistant art professor at Augusta State University, have joined the effort surrounding the 1996 Olympics to push art out of galleries and into the streets.

Go For the Gold! Web-posted July 13, 1996 at 5:05 p.m. Don't have a ticket to an Olympic event in Atlanta? Well get into the spirit of the games with our quiz. We'll select one winner from all correct entries to receive a $50 prize. Just respond online (once per customer, please!) by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Truck on over to KIDS! Web-posted July 13, 1996 at 5:05 p.m. Learn all about paper in our www.4Kids area and meet some Augusta-area teens performing in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Economic development: Corporate incentives or welfare? Web-posted July 13 at 8 p.m.   There's no way out. If a community wants jobs and wants economic development, it must play the game.

Kentucky Thunder fails Price in finals Web-posted July 14 at 11 p.m.   Charlie Fegan overcame the worst-case scenario of a hole in his boat and beat Brian Richter at the starting line Sunday to win his second straight Augusta Southern Nationals top fuel hydro championship on the Savannah River.

Klesko's bat speaks: Braves beat Marlins Web-posted July 14, 1996 at 7:45 p.m. ATLANTA - It had been so long between home runs Ryan Klesko couldn't remember his last one. He got the feeling back in a big way Sunday afternoon.

RedStixx beat Jackets in 10th inning Web-posted July 14, 1996 at 11:45 p.m. The rain foiled an Elvin Hernandez pitching gem in the making, but it was Russell Branyan's bat in extra innings that proved the real washout for Augusta.

He dates models Web-posted July 14, 1996 at 5 p.m. It sounds like a job dreamed up in a beer commercial. You're a single guy. You take one of New York's hottest new young models out to dinner. You write about it. You get paid. Too good to be true? Not for Rob Tannenbaum, thanks to the ever-growing world of opportunities available in cyberspace.