Georgianaâs Tenasia Gordon signs with Miles College
The senior leaves the program as the Lady Panthersâ all-time leading scorer.
Georgianaâs Tenasia Gordon signs with Miles College By Hailey Sutton | April 15, 2021 at 9:47 AM CDT - Updated April 15 at 9:47 AM
GEORGIANA, Ala. (WSFA) - Georgiana celebrated Lady Panther guard Tenasia Gordon Wednesday afternoon, as the senior signed her National Letter of Intent to play college basketball. Gordon will join the program at Miles College in Birmingham. Gordon becomes the first player from the Lady Panthers to sign to an NCAA program. She is Georgiana s all-time leading score with 1,983 points. (Source: Norris Kirk)
The proposal for homes at Hazelden Riding School, Newton Mearns, which has been rejected PLANS to knock down a riding school in Newton Mearns to build 17 flats have been rejected. Dickie & Moore Homes’ bid for planning permission received 40 objections, which claimed the scheme would be out of character with the surrounding area. They were also concerned about losing Hazelden Riding School, overshadowing and the visual impact of the development. Planners at East Renfrewshire Council recommended turning the proposals down, after advising the applicant that “no more than five” houses “may be an acceptable form of development on this site”. The applicant had hoped to demolish the existing equestrian centre and build 17 flats within four villas, aimed at over 55s.
Councillors welcomed extra cash from the Scottish Government for councils which agreed not to raise the tax. They are expecting to get an additional £1.8m – equivalent to a 3% increase. But the settlement from Holyrood – currently £196m – came under fire from opposition councillors, with claims it shows “utter contempt” for local government. The council agreed to take £3m from reserves to cut the budget shortfall to £5.5m. With the area’s culture and leisure trust and health and social care partnership set to identify their own savings, the council needs to find £3.5m of cuts. However, that figure could reduce once the Scottish and UK Governments finalise their budgets later this month.
East Renfrewshire councillors have approved Westpoint Homes’ proposal for the old Eastwoodhill Eventide home on Fenwick Road. The listed building will be turned into four flats, with 52 more homes built on the site. Unlisted buildings and an extension to the ex-care home can be demolished. Councillor Betty Cunningham welcomed the scheme, which she hoped would stop young people using the site as a “drinking den”. “I know people have spoken to me about the problem of young ones going in there at night,” she said. “I was quite glad to see it coming forward. If it’s getting developed, then they certainly won’t be using it as a drinking den.”
East Renfrewshire’s scrutiny committee has questioned why the council receives less money for new-build projects. Funding is provided by the Scottish Government, through the affordable housing supply programme. The standard grant per unit given to East Renfrewshire Council is £59,000. Housing associations receive more than £70,000 per unit, a council report states. A council officer said: “It is an historic issue. I believe the rational was originally that because local authorities can access loans via the Public Works Loan Board, it was felt local authorities had access to cheaper finance and therefore required less of a subsidy.” He added the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) is lobbying the Scottish Government to change subsidy arrangements “so they are more favourable” to councils.