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What does it really mean to shop locally?

News Staff
Friday, November 19, 2021
When you shop at independent or local-to-you businesses, more money is kept within your community because local businesses often use or buy from local service providers, farms, and companies. Buying locally helps grow other businesses as well as your region’s tax base. Shop Local!
Mandy Hicks organizes her wall of Amish-made jellies and other delights at Mountainside Exchange in Clarkesville. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Mandy Hicks organizes her wall of Amish-made jellies and other delights at Mountainside Exchange in Clarkesville. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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Mountainside Exchange offers unique family-made gifts for the holidays

Matthew Osborne
Friday, November 19, 2021
Visitors to the Mountainside Exchange in Clarkesville can find the epitome of shopping local. Nearly all of their products are either made in Georgia or come from a small family operation someplace else.

Community Calendar

News Staff
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.