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Jarvis to retire as superintendent

Mark Wells
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Elbert County School Superintendent Jon Jarvis will retire after 33 years with the Elbert County School District (ECSD). Jarvis announced his retirement, effective June 30, during the Board of Education’s (BOE) Nov. 7 work session.
Eugene “Gene” Wallace (left) visits his brother, Ezra Wallace (right) on a short trip home during his time as a Navy Seabee in 1945.

Eugene “Gene” Wallace (left) visits his brother, Ezra Wallace (right) on a short trip home during his time as a Navy Seabee in 1945.

‘Seabee’ tallies 26,000 miles of service

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Before he was 18 years old, Elberton’s Eugene “Gene” Wallace had never been aboard a ship. By the month after his 19th birthday, he’d traveled over 26,000 miles, by ship and train, halfway across the world as a member of the United States Navy’s units of “Seabees” in World War II.

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Man charged with DUI in fatal head-on collision

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
An Elberton man was charged with driving under the influence  following a head-on collision at the intersection of Athens (State Route 72) and Bowman (State Route 17) highways Thursday, Nov. 3 that claimed the life of the second driver two days later.
Elbert County's State Champion Raider team

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Mixed Raider team finishes second in nation

News Staff
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
The Elbert County Comprehensive High School Mixed Raider team finished tied for second in the nation at the Raider National Championships Nov. 5, bringing home national trophies for the first time in six years.
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Veteran’s Day events to be held Friday

News Staff
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
A pair of Veteran’s Day events will be observed throughout Elbert County Friday, Nov. 11. From 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the Elbert County Comprehensive High School JROTC program will host their annual Veteran’s Day ceremony in the high school gym.
A total lunar eclipse took place between 5:16 a.m. and 6:41 a.m. over the East Coast of the United States Tuesday morning as the moon passed entirely into the Earth’s shadow. The beginning of the red eclipse could be seen just beyond the Historic Courthouse. According to NASA’s website, the next total lunar eclipse won’t take place again until March of 2025. (Photo by Scoggins)

A total lunar eclipse took place between 5:16 a.m. and 6:41 a.m. over the East Coast of the United States Tuesday morning as the moon passed entirely into the Earth’s shadow. The beginning of the red eclipse could be seen just beyond the Historic Courthouse. According to NASA’s website, the next total lunar eclipse won’t take place again until March of 2025. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Lunar eclipse takes place over courthouse

News Staff
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
The Elbert County Comprehensive High School mixed Raiders team brought home the state championship after the state meet in Griffin Oct. 29. The mixed team is made up of Raiders Kalebb Ingle, Heidi Navarro, Justin Brown, Phillip Bolden, Eva Garcia-Laguna, Linda-Garcia Laguna, Tyson Haigood, Jamaze Hall, Josiah Harkins, Isabella Harpold, Wyatt Stelter, Selenda Valdivia and Aiden Clark.

The Elbert County Comprehensive High School mixed Raiders team brought home the state championship after the state meet in Griffin Oct. 29. The mixed team is made up of Raiders Kalebb Ingle, Heidi Navarro, Justin Brown, Phillip Bolden, Eva Garcia-Laguna, Linda-Garcia Laguna, Tyson Haigood, Jamaze Hall, Josiah Harkins, Isabella Harpold, Wyatt Stelter, Selenda Valdivia and Aiden Clark.

Raiders bring home state championship

Mark Wells
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Elbert County is home to another state championship team as the Elbert County Comprehensive High School mixed raider team secured a first place overall finish at the state meet in Griffin Oct. 29. “[The drill team] won the state championship last season so to win the championship in back-to-back...
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Hospital’s ‘three tough months’ in the books

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
With the first quarter now recorded in the 2023 fiscal year, Elbert Memorial Hospital’s (EMH) operating numbers began to see a positive outlook during the month of September, according to Chief Financial Officer Tim Wren’s report during the Elberton-Elbert County Hospital Authority’s Oct. 25...
Pictured during the Elbert County Athens Technical College (ATC) campus visit are (L-R) ATC Dean Stuart Frew, Program chair Chris Morgan, Andrea Daniel, ATC President, Ann-Jo Smits, Aeres, Laurens van Doeveren, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mayor of Elberton Daniel Graves and ATC VP of Economic Development Al McCall.

Pictured during the Elbert County Athens Technical College (ATC) campus visit are (L-R) ATC Dean Stuart Frew, Program chair Chris Morgan, Andrea Daniel, ATC President, Ann-Jo Smits, Aeres, Laurens van Doeveren, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mayor of Elberton Daniel Graves and ATC VP of Economic Development Al McCall.

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Netherlands visitors tour new Elbert County Athens Tech arena

News Staff
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Athens Technical College recently hosted guests from the Netherlands at the Elbert County Campus to see the new Tom McCall Agricultural Science Arena and horticulture, animal science, poultry production and fish and wildlife/conservation law programs.