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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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Cloverbud Sophie Black (age 7) and brother Gavin Black (age 4)

Gavin and Sophie lend helping hands

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

When Elbert County Senior 4-H Club President Emma Williams asked local 4-Hers to make a card for local nursing home residents (who can’t have visitors), Cloverbud Sophie Black (age 7) and brother G

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Addi’s next battle is to fight the reoccurrence of her neuroblastoma.

Young girl sees possible light at end of cancer battle

News Staff
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
   Addi Masten, 3, has been enduring a lengthy battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma since 2018. But she appears to be on the tail end which now requires extensive travel across the east coast.     Following her chemotherapy, the plan in Atlanta was to do two stem cell...
Warm winters can be a dangerous time for bee populations. Courtesy of June Dale/Daleville Farms

Warm winter affects bees, parasites

News Staff
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
   According to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg, temperatures have not been as cool as climate averages since Dec. 1, 2019. With a warm winter this season, bee populations face the threat of starvation and also parasites.    Various experts on the matter...
Inger Smith is the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia as of January 15, 2020. Her goal for the teaching kitchen is to build relationships with people in the community.

Smith aims to ‘be the good’ at Food Bank kitchen

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Monday, February 10, 2020
CLAYTON— Feeding people is something that Inger Smith has done for over 30 years, and as the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia she hopes to “be the good” as a hub of good will for the people in Rabun County and the mountain region. Smith began her role as...
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