The Elberton Star brought home six awards in the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Awards included the prestigious Freedom of Information Award, first place for sports feature photo, second place for investigative reporting and third place for feature writing, editorial writing and sports section/pages. Pictured during the BNC Awards banquet on Jekyll Island are reporter Mark Wells (left) and editor/publisher Rose Scoggins (right).

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The Friends Helping Friends annual Football Fun Day with Mecole Hardman will take place Saturday, June 17 from 9 a.m. until noon. Pictured during the 2022 event are (L-R) Devon Davis, Hardman and Sandy Adams.

A single vehicle accident cause damage to the old Wray’s Drug Store building on the Bowman Square Sunday morning. (Photo courtesy of Elbert County Emergency Services)

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Elbert County native Carly Armour (right) was selected out of 400 doctoral graduates to give remarks during the Graduate Doctoral Commencement Ceremony at the University of Iowa May 12. Armour was also honored just days before her graduation with the University of Iowa Center for Inclusive Academic Excellence Dean’s Achievement Award by the Graduate College and the College of Education. Pictured during the commencement ceremonies are (left, L-R) Nancy Armour, Carly Armour and Fred Armour.

In honor of Elbert County Comprehensive High School (ECCHS) Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Senior Army Instructor Maj. Ed Lovin’s retirement after 18 years at the helm of the program, the rappel tower at ECCHS was dubbed “The Lovin Tower” in a May 25 dedication ceremony. ECCHS senior Broughton Smith came up with the idea and brought it to the Matthews Granite team, who donated a granite marker to be placed by the tower.

The Elbert County Comprehensive High School junior reserve officer training corps (JROTC) hosted their annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge summer camp May 30 to June 2. Cadets received an opportunity to fly in a UH-60 Blackhawk from an Army National Guard unit based out of Winder. The camp included a variety of topics and skills, taking place at the Elbert County airport, ECCHS and Richard B. Russell State Park. (Photos by Wells)

The Elbert County Public Library kicked off this year’s Summer Reading Program “All Together Now” Friday, June 2 with STEAM activities and presentations from Talewise. Attendees learned about, and participated in, different hands-on science experiments throughout the program. (Photos by Hall)