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Light Up Ellijay planning underway

News Staff
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Downtown Ellijay Business and Community Association It’s time to get those floats and marching groups together for the annual Light Up Ellijay parade, which will take place the Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 29. This year’s parade will begin at 6 p.m.
Jan Day, right, holds a sweet gift from kids at the Three Rivers Boys and Girls Club while being congratulated on her retirement by Seth Turner, left, during a special snack time at the club.

Jan Day, right, holds a sweet gift from kids at the Three Rivers Boys and Girls Club while being congratulated on her retirement by Seth Turner, left, during a special snack time at the club.

Day retires after decade leading county’s Boys and Girls Club

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
An adult who supervised and encouraged children who attended the Three Rivers Boys and Girls Club during the past decade has decided to retire, but she’s not giving up public service or volunteer work just yet.
Leslie Thomas, president of the Gilmer Historical Society and a past president of the Georgia Trail of Tears Association, shows some of the artifacts on display at the historical society’s Tabor House Museum in downtown Ellijay.

Leslie Thomas, president of the Gilmer Historical Society and a past president of the Georgia Trail of Tears Association, shows some of the artifacts on display at the historical society’s Tabor House Museum in downtown Ellijay.

Historical society lecture to focus on Cherokee removal

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
The Gilmer County Historical Society’s president will be the guest speaker at an upcoming lecture at the Gilmer County Library. Leslie Thomas will discuss the removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia on the Trail of Tears Saturday, Nov. 16.
Election Results are in

Election Results are in

Nov. 5 Election Results

News Staff
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Votes have been tallied in the Gilmer County Special Election and the county has a new Post One Commissioner. Hubert Parker was elected to post commissioner for the county with 63.7 percent of the vote. He tallied 1,360 votes.
Sabrina Tran (left) brews coffee, and Mary Lambert takes orders at Bobcat Brews in the GHS Media Center.

Sabrina Tran (left) brews coffee, and Mary Lambert takes orders at Bobcat Brews in the GHS Media Center.

Bobcat Brews at Gilmer High School

News Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Gilmer High School has opened an all new coffee shop called Bobcat Brews in the GHS Media Center. Bobcat Brews is operated by GHS Work-Based Learning (WBL) students and all proceeds are donated to the GHS Culinary Arts program. On opening day, Monday, Oct.
Clear Creek Middle School students in Les McDaniel’s sixth-grade science class make use of their Chromebooks during Monday’s lesson.

Clear Creek Middle School students in Les McDaniel’s sixth-grade science class make use of their Chromebooks during Monday’s lesson.

Initiative launched to give CCMS students access to Chromebooks at home

News Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Chromebooks have been used at Clear Creek Middle School in recent years, and soon students will be able  to take them home after the school day.   Chromebooks are laptop computers that use a Linux-based Chrome operating system.
On display at last year’s Veterans Day lunch at the Ellijay Lions Club were several examples of the various writing and art projects done by students in local schools to honor local military men and women each year.

On display at last year’s Veterans Day lunch at the Ellijay Lions Club were several examples of the various writing and art projects done by students in local schools to honor local military men and women each year.

Veterans to be saluted with special events

News Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
An array of Veterans Day events will be held to salute Gilmer’s military men and women Monday, Nov. 11.  The special day will begin with a complimentary breakfast for all veterans at Ellijay First United Methodist Church, 75 McCutchen Street, from 8:30-10 a.m.
Emerald Goble, left, and Brooklin Lyon, of Jasper’s Animal Medical Clinic, examine one of the 20 canine patients treated at a recent discount spay/neuter clinic sponsored by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter.

Emerald Goble, left, and Brooklin Lyon, of Jasper’s Animal Medical Clinic, examine one of the 20 canine patients treated at a recent discount spay/neuter clinic sponsored by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter.

Thirty pets spay/neutered at FOGAS clinic

News Staff
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Two discount spay/neuter clinics sponsored by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter (FOGAS) this year have resulted in 51 dogs and cats receiving those operations locally. The most recent clinic, held at the Gilmer Civic Center Friday, Oct.
Election day is Nov. 5

Election day is Nov. 5

Tuesday is Voting Day!

News Staff
Monday, November 4, 2019
Tuesday, Nov. 5 is voting day in Gilmer County. The special election is to replace the unexpired term of County Commissioner Post 1, Dallas Miller.  The candidates are: Jason Biggs, Al Cash, Hubert Parker, Ed Stover Jr. and Jerry Tuso.
The John Jorgenson Quintet returns to Ellijay to conclude Gilmer Arts’ 2019 B.E.S.T. Series Saturday, Nov. 9. Pictured, from left, are group members Rory Hoffman, Simon Planting, Jorgenson and Rick Reed.

The John Jorgenson Quintet returns to Ellijay to conclude Gilmer Arts’ 2019 B.E.S.T. Series Saturday, Nov. 9. Pictured, from left, are group members Rory Hoffman, Simon Planting, Jorgenson and Rick Reed.

Jorgenson’s Gypsy jazz quintet to close 25th anniversary B.E.S.T. Series

News Staff
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
A California bandleader who’s performed to local acclaim with two different groups is bringing his “21st century world music ensemble” back to Ellijay. The John Jorgenson Quintet will conclude the 2019 B.E.S.T. (Bringing Ellijay Sensational Talent) Series presented by Gilmer Arts Saturday, Nov. 9.