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Fund works to help Fannin school children

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
“If you’re worried about eating, or you’re worried about, you know, some of the things that our kids worry about, then you’re not learning, and we want our families to feel like we’re going to partner with them,” Fannin County School System Social Worker Tara Cantrell said explaining the importance...
Fannin County High School student Emma Pittman and Fannin County Middle School Assistant Principal Mark Young display the Untold Stories book produced at the middle school by the Ignite Grant Board of Directors and dedicated to the veterans of Fannin County.

Fannin County High School student Emma Pittman and Fannin County Middle School Assistant Principal Mark Young display the Untold Stories book produced at the middle school by the Ignite Grant Board of Directors and dedicated to the veterans of Fannin County.

Students publish "Untold Stories"

Sydney Criteser
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Following years of hard work, the Fannin County students who received the 2018 Ignite Grant award of $10,000 to create a veterans book have officially published their collection of area veteran stories, titled, “Untold Stories,” which is available in each school library.
The Humane Society of Blue Ridge cat of the week is Marlene. She is a gorgeous one-year-old tabby with a very sweet disposition. She loves people! Marlene had kittens and was a great mom to them, but now she is ready for her forever home. She is spayed, microchipped and current on her vaccinations. Contact the Adoption Center at 706-632-4357 for more information on Marlene.

The Humane Society of Blue Ridge cat of the week is Marlene. She is a gorgeous one-year-old tabby with a very sweet disposition. She loves people! Marlene had kittens and was a great mom to them, but now she is ready for her forever home. She is spayed, microchipped and current on her vaccinations. Contact the Adoption Center at 706-632-4357 for more information on Marlene.

Adopt A Pet

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The handsome mix shown with Fannin County Animal Control Officer J.R. Cornett is this week’s featured pooch of the week! This guy has a beautiful orange coat with black tiger stripes. He is very laid back and sweet. He was picked up on McKinney Road in Blue Ridge December 5.
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Board hears SPLOST record

Glenn Harbison
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The importance of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) to Fannin County schools was evident Thursday evening, December 10, when school board members held their last regular meeting of 2020.
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McCaysville changes insurance, must move on grant monies

Glenn Harbison
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
McCaysville City Council members voted to change the city’s health insurance carrier for employees, heard that time is running out for some grant monies, and gathered behind closed doors to discuss the police department when they met in regular session Tuesday, December 9, at city hall.
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Blue Ridge council hears fire truck not up to standards

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
The City of Blue Ridge’s 32-year-old fire truck is not up to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards. Volunteer Firefighter Kevin Panter spoke to the City Council Tuesday, December 8, about the state of the city’s only fire truck.
North Georgia Honor Guard Commander Bill Stodghill spoke to the sacrifice those at Pearl Harbor made December 7, 1941, during the Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony.

North Georgia Honor Guard Commander Bill Stodghill spoke to the sacrifice those at Pearl Harbor made December 7, 1941, during the Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony.

Pearl Harbor sacrifices remembered

Sydney Criteser
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
“We are here today to recall an event that changed the course of history, but it also united our country,” North Georgia Honor Guard Commander Bill Stodghill said during the honor guard’s Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony held Monday, December 7, 75 years after the surprise attack by the Japanese on the...
Fannin County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) Board of Directors Chairman James Jones presents a $4,500 check to Renee Bell, president of the Foster Parent Association, Wednesday, December 9. Beside Jones is Fannin DFCS Director Mark Knowles. The Association raises funds for foster children’s Christmas gifts, yearbooks, class rings, clothes, crutches and other things needed for the children.

Fannin County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) Board of Directors Chairman James Jones presents a $4,500 check to Renee Bell, president of the Foster Parent Association, Wednesday, December 9. Beside Jones is Fannin DFCS Director Mark Knowles. The Association raises funds for foster children’s Christmas gifts, yearbooks, class rings, clothes, crutches and other things needed for the children.

Children need help

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Ready to make a real difference in the lives of America’s future leaders? Local children need the community’s help, and that’s why Fannin County’s Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) has stressed the need for local foster parents.