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An example of current wayfinding signage located near Highway 515.

An example of current wayfinding signage located near Highway 515.

Wayfinding signage update heard by DDA

Members of the Ellijay Downtown Development Authority (DDA) were recently updated on a project being led by participants in a Gilmer Chamber leadership program.
Parkside Skilled Nursing Care resident Kristina Warren, right, receives gifts from Santa (Kristin Estermyer, of Willowbrook Hospice).

Parkside Skilled Nursing Care resident Kristina Warren, right, receives gifts from Santa (Kristin Estermyer, of Willowbrook Hospice).

Christian group brings gifts to Parkside residents

Members of a local Christian group succeeded in their first-time effort to bring Christmas gifts to residents of a local nursing home. The outreach project by the Gilmer Christian Patriots provided Parkside Skilled Nursing Care residents with stuffed Christmas stockings just before the holiday.
Faith, Hope and Charity Recycle Store Inc. recently contributed to tornado relief efforts for western Kentucky. Recycle store volunteers pictured above include Stacy Graham, Marcia Phillips, Nancy Petenbrink, Liceann Strauss, Sherry Hooks, Barbara Fogle, Kay Findell, Nancy Hulsey, Susan Keener, Suzy Ganz, Sharon Clearly, Allan Tarr, Alan Lyndsey, David Brooks, Sharon Petty, Ray Brown, Bob Bennett, Beth Pigot, Millie Kelley, Frank Kelley and Marla Tierney.

Faith, Hope and Charity Recycle Store Inc. recently contributed to tornado relief efforts for western Kentucky. Recycle store volunteers pictured above include Stacy Graham, Marcia Phillips, Nancy Petenbrink, Liceann Strauss, Sherry Hooks, Barbara Fogle, Kay Findell, Nancy Hulsey, Susan Keener, Suzy Ganz, Sharon Clearly, Allan Tarr, Alan Lyndsey, David Brooks, Sharon Petty, Ray Brown, Bob Bennett, Beth Pigot, Millie Kelley, Frank Kelley and Marla Tierney.

Faith, Hope and Charity pitches in for Kentucky tornado relief

Ellijay’s Faith, Hope and Charity Recycle Store Inc. recently made a donation of $5,000 to a relief effort for the city of Mayfield and Graves County, Ken. Both areas received extensive damage from a Dec. 10 and 11 tornado that hit western Kentucky.
Shrine Club Drive, above, will be taken in as a city street if the City of Ellijay is able to secure funding to pave it.

Shrine Club Drive, above, will be taken in as a city street if the City of Ellijay is able to secure funding to pave it.

Ellijay council OKs accepting Shrine Club Drive

The Ellijay City Council closed out 2021 by adopting a resolution that’s been tabled at a number of previous meetings.
A couple of attendees at last Saturday’s Bethlehem Peace Light ceremony at Good Samaritan Catholic Church get their candles and lanterns lit in order to carry the flame to their homes and/or respective churches. From left are Ginger Hussian, Richard Byers, organizer Jack Planchard and Monsignor Jaime Barona, a retired priest from Gainesville. Planchard said the flame traveled around 6,500 miles to get from Bethlehem to Ellijay.

A couple of attendees at last Saturday’s Bethlehem Peace Light ceremony at Good Samaritan Catholic Church get their candles and lanterns lit in order to carry the flame to their homes and/or respective churches. From left are Ginger Hussian, Richard Byers, organizer Jack Planchard and Monsignor Jaime Barona, a retired priest from Gainesville. Planchard said the flame traveled around 6,500 miles to get from Bethlehem to Ellijay.

Bethlehem Peace Light finds way to Ellijay again

A flame that has been burning for hundreds of years made its way to Ellijay once again during last Saturday’s Bethlehem Peace Light ceremony. It’s a harbinger of Christmas that is becoming a local tradition.
Above is a preview of Gilmer High’s new video scoreboard that will be installed at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. The 21’x36.75’ dimensions of the board are fully programmable and can be used entirely for video or for advertisements and game information as seen above. The bottom 4’x32’ portion of the scoreboard can be used independently without video integration operated by a regular scoreboard controller.

Above is a preview of Gilmer High’s new video scoreboard that will be installed at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. The 21’x36.75’ dimensions of the board are fully programmable and can be used entirely for video or for advertisements and game information as seen above. The bottom 4’x32’ portion of the scoreboard can be used independently without video integration operated by a regular scoreboard controller.

BoE approves video scoreboard

A new video scoreboard will be installed at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium after passing by a 3-2 vote. The Gilmer County Board of Education received details about the project last Monday, Dec. 13, from  director of human resources and facilities Dana Berry.
Officer Noel Loera, of the East Ellijay Police Department, left, accompanies his Shop With a Hero partner, Marbin Bautista, at the East Ellijay Walmart.

Officer Noel Loera, of the East Ellijay Police Department, left, accompanies his Shop With a Hero partner, Marbin Bautista, at the East Ellijay Walmart.

Shop With a Hero ‘bigger and better’ this year

Seventy third-fifth grade students from Gilmer County were able to do Christmas shopping alongside public safety professionals as this year’s Shop With a Hero program commenced Saturday, Dec. 11.
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Gilmer still dealing with new COVID cases

Although the two-week new case rate is much lower than what was reported this time last year, Gilmer County is still seeing several new COVID cases each week and more than Georgia Public Health would like to see in a  county this size. “We’re still dealing with COVID.