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Gilmer Sports Collective team members Kim Sproull, center, and Catherine Weis, right, are pictured with State Farm agent Chris Wang, one of four local businesses collecting gently used sporting equipment that will be used by players on rec department teams.

Gilmer Sports Collective team members Kim Sproull, center, and Catherine Weis, right, are pictured with State Farm agent Chris Wang, one of four local businesses collecting gently used sporting equipment that will be used by players on rec department teams.

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Leadership team collecting used sports gear for rec department

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
A new program led by members of a Gilmer Chamber leadership class will give more school-age kids the opportunity to play a sport. The Gilmer Sports Collective was recently formed out of the current Leadership Gilmer class.
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Gilmer teen dies in custody

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A Gilmer County teen’s death while in custody is under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The 16-year-old female was taken to the Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton during the evening of Aug.
An outdoor playground is a popular new feature for kids enrolled in the after-school program at Gilmer County’s new Boys and Girls Club.

An outdoor playground is a popular new feature for kids enrolled in the after-school program at Gilmer County’s new Boys and Girls Club.

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New Boys and Girls Club open, ready to grow

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A four-year fundraising campaign, the COVID-19 pandemic and various supply chain issues were all factors that kept the building at 945 Progress Road from officially becoming Gilmer County’s new Boys and Girls Club. Those obstacles have either subsided or been overcome and, as of Aug.
Gilmer County Young Farmer Teacher Mike Bushey is shown with the Golden Key Award, which was recently presented to Gilmer’s agriculture education program at a state conference in Tifton.

Gilmer County Young Farmer Teacher Mike Bushey is shown with the Golden Key Award, which was recently presented to Gilmer’s agriculture education program at a state conference in Tifton.

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Local ag-ed program commended at state level

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A Gilmer County educator recently accepted a state-level award that recognizes strides made by the local agriculture education program. Young Farmer Teacher Mike Bushey received the Golden Key Award from Dr.
Fire Chief Daniel Kauffman

Fire Chief Daniel Kauffman

Kauffman attains Chief Fire Officer designation

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Gilmer Fire and Rescue now has a Chief Fire Officer at the helm. Fire Chief Daniel Kauffman recently attained that professional designation, which has been reached by a relatively small number of public safety employees at or above the level of battalion chief.
Volunteers with the Cherry Log Community Action Group prepare to can chow-chow for the upcoming festival. Pictured, from left: Laurel Johnson, Bonnie Ozaki, Jerry Norton, Betty Davenport, David Alsobrook, Dale Alsobrook and Sandra Wieser. (Photo by Bill Ozaki, Cherry Log Community Action Group)

Volunteers with the Cherry Log Community Action Group prepare to can chow-chow for the upcoming festival. Pictured, from left: Laurel Johnson, Bonnie Ozaki, Jerry Norton, Betty Davenport, David Alsobrook, Dale Alsobrook and Sandra Wieser. (Photo by Bill Ozaki, Cherry Log Community Action Group)

Cherry Log Festival set for first two October weekends

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
The Cherry Log Community Action Group, a community based charity, established in 1971, announces its annual festival will be held the first two weekends in October (Oct. 1-2 and 8-9) at the Cherry Log Community Clubhouse, 341 Cherry Log Street.
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Miller bringing family stories in song to playhouse stage

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A Kennesaw singer-songwriter who played his first show in Ellijay to good response last year will soon return to the George Link Jr. Gilmer Arts Playhouse with a new CD in tow. Mark Miller and Band perform at the playhouse Saturday, Sept 10, at 7 p.m.
Several of Keep Gilmer Beautiful’s Adopt-a-Road volunteers recently attended a luncheon where volunteers who’ve been cleaning their stretch of road for five or more years were recognized.

Several of Keep Gilmer Beautiful’s Adopt-a-Road volunteers recently attended a luncheon where volunteers who’ve been cleaning their stretch of road for five or more years were recognized.

Grant will boost event recycling for Keep Gilmer Beautiful

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A $2,500 grant will help Keep Gilmer Beautiful continue promoting and supplying tools for recycling in the local community.
Participants in Gilmer Fire and Rescue’s noncertified recruit training program perform quick dress, in which they must put on protective bunker gear in two minutes or less. When recruits have fully suited up, they raise their hands to be checked by an instructor.

Participants in Gilmer Fire and Rescue’s noncertified recruit training program perform quick dress, in which they must put on protective bunker gear in two minutes or less. When recruits have fully suited up, they raise their hands to be checked by an instructor.

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Gilmer Fire training has begun

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Being comfortable being uncomfortable. That’s among the starting points for the first class in Gilmer Fire and Rescue’s noncertified recruit training program. “That’s the key to the whole thing,” said Fire Chief Daniel Kauffman.
Mary Young, who has worked as a registered nurse and is a Bethesda Community Mobile Clinic volunteer from Hope Lutheran Church, of Ellijay, takes a man’s blood pressure on the third Wednesday of August.

Mary Young, who has worked as a registered nurse and is a Bethesda Community Mobile Clinic volunteer from Hope Lutheran Church, of Ellijay, takes a man’s blood pressure on the third Wednesday of August.

Free medical care available at mobile clinic

Mark Millican - Special to the Times-Courier
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Bob Surrusco and Jim Famolaro take calls for the local St. Vincent de Paul Society from people in need of emergency assistance for food and electric utility bills. They began to wonder where residents on a lower socioeconomic level were going for health care.