Myrna Owen flips a backhand to help partner Phil Vorhees. BRYANT ROCHE/Staff
More pickleball fun
Bryant Roche
Friday, August 13, 2021
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The cafeteria was full once again at breakfast time on the first day of school at Habersham Central High School, where students had to eat in shifts last year. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff
First day of school
News Staff
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Tallulah Falls’ Sarah Jennings plays the ball Tuesday night in the Lady Indians’ opening match of the season. RANDY CRUMP/Special
Tallulah Falls takes two of three in opener
News Staff
Tallulah Falls School opened its volleyball season Tuesday with two straight set wins over teams that reached the Sweet 16 last year.
After losing 17-25, 15-25 to host North Forsyth, the Indians defeated 6A Lanier 25-11, 26-24 and 7-3A region champion Lumpkin County 25-13 in both sets.
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Habersham Central’s Abbey Donaldson serves during Tuesday’s win over the Stephens County Indians. MARCUS ETIENNE/CNI News Service
Lady Raiders spike Stephens in opening match sweep
Bryant Roche
The powerful serve and delicate touch of Abbey Donaldson propelled Habersham Central to a straight sets road win over rival Stephens County Tuesday in the opening game of the season.
“I thought we played really well,” Lady Raiders coach Lindsay Herrin said of the 25-11, 25-10, 25-16 win.
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Habresham Central coach Benji Harrison enters his seventh year at the helm of the Raiders. TOM ASKEW/Special
Young Raiders face competitive region again
Bryant Roche
Habersham Central football returns next Friday coming off two playoff appearances over the last three seasons and a difficult region strong from top to bottom.
“I think Region 8-6A is the top 6A region in the state,” Winder-Barrow coach Ed Dudley said.
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Shown is one of two abandoned airplanes have been sitting at the Habersham County Airport for nearly a decade. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff
County plans to remove abandoned airplanes
Brian Wellmeier
Two abandoned airplanes currently take up space at the Habersham County Airport.
Fixed Based Operations Manager Brenda Reed said each plane has been there for almost 10 years, and that neither of the planes’ owners are in a position to reclaim them, likely due to declining health.
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Habersham County’s longest serving Meals on Wheels volunteer Nancy Stovall has been serving seniors for more than two decades. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff
Longtime volunteer helps feed community
Brian Wellmeier
Meals on Wheels, a program which delivers meals to senior citizens, has a dedicated volunteer in the Habersham County community.
Nancy Stovall, a Habersham County local and the county’s longest serving Meals on Wheels volunteer, has been with the program for decades.
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Cornelia looks to combat noise from music, mufflers
Matthew Osborne
Cornelia’s City Commission conducted two first readings Tuesday night on noise ordinances that city officials hope will stem the tide of complaints they have received from residents for months.
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Second grade students dive into their studies in Ms. Sonya Elias' class at Baldwin Elementary. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff
Breaking down barriers
Brian Wellmeier
Baldwin Elementary School has a total enrollment of 370 students – 60 percent of whom are Hispanic. The significance of this statistic can be seen by the school’s faculty on a daily basis.
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School finances looking strong
Matthew Osborne
Last summer, Habersham County Schools were in a world of uncertainty. School officials did not know if the pandemic’s deep cuts in state funding would cause ripple effects that would trickle right down to the nearly 7,000 students, or to the staffers who work so hard to teach them.
Friday, August 13, 2021