Let the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad begin with memories

As chairman of Athens 96, top left, I worked with 28 volunteers to coordinate the community’s involvement in the Games. Top right, my leg of the torch run was in Stephens County. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, the Athens torch run was re-enacted. Above, I’m with Billy Payne, left, and former UGA football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley at the anniversary celebration.
As chairman of Athens 96, top left, I worked with 28 volunteers to coordinate the community’s involvement in the Games. Top right, my leg of the torch run was in Stephens County. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, the Athens torch run was re-enacted. Above, I’m with Billy Payne, left, and former UGA football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley at the anniversary celebration.

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he closest that I’ve ever been to Paris is 4,364 miles. That was squirming in Mrs. Lois Collins’ eighth-grade French class.

Correction.

On a Delta flight in 1999 to begin a three-week Middle East Trave…