Charlie Chasen led the crowd in three blessings before and during the lighting of the first candle in observance of the first night of Hanukkah.
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Kanoa, left, and Thorin Hanna enjoy lunch together at Blue Ridge Elementary School for their Thanksgiving lunches Wednesday, November 17.
Washing sweet potatoes in Fannin County High School’s (FCHS) kitchen for the Good Samaritans of Fannin County Thanksgiving Open Table are, from left, Cassie Corey, Priscilla Cashman and Kathy Beck. The Good Samaritans, with a host of volunteers, held the annual community meal. Thanksgiving Day in the FCHS cafeteria.
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Citizens from Turtletown and Farner came together Saturday, November 20, to help remove a large mound of metal and trash that had been piling up for years along Waller Road in Farner. Shown are, from left, Mike and Karen Herring, Tennessee Litter Grant Director for Polk County William Wallace, Zeke Brendle and Ronney Freeman.
Fannin firefighters received hands-on training in extrication from a school bus crash.
Folks from Calvary Chapel Christian School wave to the crowd along Mountain Street in Blue Ridge as they make their way along the Light Up Blue Ridge parade route Saturday, November 27.
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter 25-3 members, from left, Commander Rob “Bandit” Denison, Bob “Renegade” Renneke and Treasurer Dennis “Dyno” Teems hold up a check of their earnings from their Veterans Memorial Golf Tournament. Tournament Director Mike Panter and Treasurer Ken Brenneman are not pictured.