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A group of practice officials refresh themselves during the annual football watermelon feast at Sanford Stadium Wednesday. The event is a tradition for the football team, who indulge every year the day before fall classes start to celebrate the end of two-a-day practices. For the past decade the fruit has been supplied and delivered by Doug and Linda Coggins of Carnesville, Ga.

Right guard Josh Davis from Jayess, Miss., cools off during practice Friday. The team has had to reschedule one practice due to the heat.

Parents and students were appreciative of the free water, which helped them from succumbing to heat exhaustion and dehydration.

Allie Eckman, a senior child and family development major, hands a bottle of water to Randy Morrison of Watkinsville while he moves his son Nick into Russell Hall under Saturday's 100-degree weather.

Beat the heat!

By: ALEXIS GARROBO

Posted: 8/16/07

The summer's heat wave will continue today with an expected heat index of 105 degrees. Last week the heat index reached 110 degrees, giving new and returning students a warm welcome as they moved into residence halls.

A forecaster for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City said the lower humidity will keep temperatures from feeling as toasty as last week.

"It's not as life-threatening of a heat wave as before," forecaster Sean Ryan said.

The normal high temperature for this time of year hovers around 89 degrees - 10 degrees cooler than this year, he said.

Volunteers offered bottled water to sweltering students and parents moving belongings into dorms.

"With the intense heat, we decided bottled water would be a good welcome," said Katie Chambers, a sophomore from Watkinsville and a volunteer with First Baptist Church in Watkinsville.