Remembering First Sgt. John Blair, 38 
-Moving tribute to Blair posted on Stars & Stripes: An emotional recount of how First Sgt. John D. Blair met his death--and led his life--is now posted on Stars & Stripes> Click
Photo of Sgt. Blair courtesy of stripes.com
-Here's the official report from the Department of Defense: 1st Sgt. John D. Blair, 38, of Calhoun, Ga., died June 20 in Mado Zayi, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle> Click
-WEBS quotes Gordon sheriff as calling Blair 'a patriot, a truly dedicated and excellent peace officer'> WEBS
For sale: Mount Berry Square
-The real estate Web site Loopnet has a new client: Jones Lang LaSalle, the company currently running Mount Berry Square. Loopnet features a new ad listing the 476,778-square-foot mall with a 71 percent occupancy rate as being on the market. Not posted: the asking price. Click Listing. The ad also includes shopping centers in Cleveland, Tenn., Hermitage, Penn., and Martinsburg, W. Va. Jones Lang LaSalle was appointed receiver of all four malls last January after owner the Lightstone Group went into default> Archive
AJC seeing growth--in time spent on its Web site: Some good news on numbers for the AJC for a change. While circulation has been nose-diving thanks to cutbacks and reader choice, online use of the newspaper jumped. In May 2008, the average visitor spent 11 minutes, 11 seconds on ajc.com. As of May 2009, the average was 16 minutes and 13 seconds. The trend among the nation's major papers: A decrease in time spent on newspaper Web sites> Time
'Economic Outlook Through a Wider Lense' set for August: Are we at bottom or not? The next major forecast on the national and Georgia economies by Rajeev Dhawan, Director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State, is set for Wednesday, Aug. 26, at GSU. Dhawan, who spoke at Berry College Business Outlook Conference in April, doesn't sugar coat his predictions. His most recent forecast (click) was that we have at least another year of slack times before beginning a sustainable rebound> Forecast
Number of the day: 100,000. That's the number of guests to have toured Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum since it opened on Jan. 12. The lucky guests: Deb and Les Kalman and their three children. Adding to the day: Tellus executives thought the first year would see 100,000 total> Tellus
Blanchard to chair Synovus' executive committee: Reports the Columbus newspaper: "Nearly three years after retiring as chairman of Synovus Financial Corp., James Blanchard has been elevated to the top of the regional bankholding firm's executive committee." Synovus is the parent company of Citizens First Bank and Georgia Bank & Trust in Calhoun and Cartersville> Details
Stress that international in RIFF this year: Rome International Film Festival. 
Executive Director Harry Musselwhite has sent 86 invitations to American filmmakers and other filmmakers from Indonesia, Haiti, Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, Kosovo, New Zealand, Australia, Albania, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Musselwhite says RIFF have been very selective this year with screenings limited to Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-12, at The DeSoto and Heritage Hall. More than 300 entries were received this year. Click> RIFF
Tuesday's Buzz:
-Sheriff's gang awareness, prevention seminar is Aug. 11: The Floyd County Sheriff's Office presents the Gang Awareness & Violence Prevention Seminar beginning at 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at The Forum. Topics include the history of gangs, who joins and why, initiation practices and other updates. RSVP by calling Capt. Bobby Pearson at (706) 291-4111, ext 847.
-Rome Judicial Circuit named top Child Fatality Investigation Team> Buzz
-Correction: SPLOST information meeting is Thursday> SPLOST
-Hawthorn Suites earns new honors> Business
-United Community Banks adds Southern Community Bank: United Community Banks Inc., in an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is purchasing the assets of Southern Community Bank> Bank
-Cycle Therapy grand opening set for Saturday: The bike shop is at 608 Broad St. next to Great Harvest> Cycle
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