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Friday, November 19, 2021
‘Drive through Bethlehem’ at New Hope Baptist New Hope Baptist Church of Toccoa – located at 6731 Mize Rd – is hosting its third annual drivethrough live nativity scene on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There will be live actors and animals depicting the night of Jesus’ birth.

Farm Bureau honors its best and brightest

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
Mark Andrew Shirley was a native of Commerce. He grew up on a cow/calf operation and was an active 4-H and FFA member of Jackson County. Growing up, Shirley often assisted his father, Stonewall Jackson Shirley Jr., DVM, on farm-calls to local livestock producers in Jackson and surrounding counties.
Todd Harper and his family

Todd Harper and his family

Farm Bureau honors its best and brightest

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Friend of Agriculture Award is a high honor given for the purpose of strengthening relationships between ag producers and agri-business and to recognize individuals who have made sufficient contributions to the agricultural industry.
Jake Tench and his family

Jake Tench and his family

Farm Bureau honors its best and brightest

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Excellence in Ag Award recognizes outstanding Young Farmers & Ag Professionals who do not derive the majority of their income from an owned agricultural operation, but who exhibit and make significant contributions to the agricultural industry.
From left, Student Organization of Latinos President Odalys Rendon, Lillian E. Smith Center Director Dr. Matthew Teutsch, and Student Government Association President Michael Mack have teamed up to collect more than 1,000 books to benefit X Books and Common Good Atlanta, organizations dedicated to improving the state’s prison education programs. MATTHEW TEUTSCH/Submitted

From left, Student Organization of Latinos President Odalys Rendon, Lillian E. Smith Center Director Dr. Matthew Teutsch, and Student Government Association President Michael Mack have teamed up to collect more than 1,000 books to benefit X Books and Common Good Atlanta, organizations dedicated to improving the state’s prison education programs. MATTHEW TEUTSCH/Submitted

Piedmont gathers books for prison classrooms

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
Piedmont University students, faculty, and staff have collected nearly 1,000 books for X Books and Common Good Atlanta. The books will be used in prison classrooms across the state of Georgia. “It’s been inspiring to see people from across campus come together for this effort,” said Dr.
From left are Cornelia Mayor John Borrow, Jane Ballard, Buck Snyder and Philip Ballard. JESSIE OWENSBY/Submitted

From left are Cornelia Mayor John Borrow, Jane Ballard, Buck Snyder and Philip Ballard. JESSIE OWENSBY/Submitted

Ballards donate for caboose restoration

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Depot Association received a donation from Philip and Jane Ballard to help restore the Southern Railway Caboose located behind the Historic Train Museum in Cornelia.
Kimberly Albertson gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Habersham Medical Center. KESHA CLINKSCALE/Submitted

Kimberly Albertson gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Habersham Medical Center. KESHA CLINKSCALE/Submitted

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Clock ticking for hospital employees

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, November 19, 2021
Members of the Habersham Medical Center (HMC) Hospital Authority met Tuesday at the hospital, where healthcare officials discussed the impending Jan. 4 mandate deadline requiring all hospital employees be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus or face termination.
Baldwin Police Chief Jeff Branyon scans the shelves with Jacob, a Baldwin Elementary student, in search of the right pair of jeans at the shopping event Wednesday. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

Baldwin Police Chief Jeff Branyon scans the shelves with Jacob, a Baldwin Elementary student, in search of the right pair of jeans at the shopping event Wednesday. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

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Shopping with the cops

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, November 19, 2021
The City of Baldwin’s Fire and Police Departments spent Wednesday morning at Walmart in Cornelia, where they took more than 20 local children shopping for everything from clothes to toys.

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Election presses on at holidays

Matthew Osborne
Friday, November 19, 2021
Amid all the turkey trimmings and Christmas shopping, Habersham County still has a commissioner to pick on Nov. 30. Early voting began Wednesday for the District 5 county commission runoff between Ty Akins and Jason E. Hogan. The Nov. 2 election only yielded 9.