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Photo credit: Dan Meyers

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Georgia Foundation for Agriculture to offer $70K in ag scholarships

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Hartwell,  Ga. – The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA) is offering $70,000 in scholarships to Georgia students pursuing a degree in agriculture, veterinary medicine, family and consumer sciences or a related field, Larry Haley,  Hart County Farm Bureau president, recently announced.
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Photo credit: Insung Yoon

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# Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
1992: After 23 years apart, Debra Ethridge reunited with her son Jamie before Christmas. With tears of joy streaming down her face, Ethridge extolled the long overdue joy of motherhood and the finding of her son she had only seen one time, just after his birth.
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Photo credit: David von Diemar

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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:   Nov. 29 •Santos Perez-Bartolon, 47, of Hartwell was charged and arrested for possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. Dec.
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Photo credit: Magnus S

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Environmental ‘ignorance’ isn’t bliss

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
  True or false: “Ignorance is bliss”? If that was true, I was blissfully ignorant—nestled in my Strand Theater seat—watching cowboy-and-Indian movies during my boyhood Saturdays. And how many times, in backyard play, did you choose to be a cowboy rather than an Indian?
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Photo credit: Ritz Instrument Transformers

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Ritz Instrument Transformers announces manufacturing expansion

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc., which has a location at the Lavonia-area industrial park in Hart County, announced last week that it will be expanding its instrument transformer manufacturing capacity in the United States.
Pictured is the wooded plot of land adjacent to the Hart Co. Health Dept., the site of a planned 33-home residential development along North Forest Avenue.

Pictured is the wooded plot of land adjacent to the Hart Co. Health Dept., the site of a planned 33-home residential development along North Forest Avenue.

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City approves rezoning of planned North Forest development

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
On Monday, Nov. 5, the Hartwell City Council approved the rezoning of a 16-acre parcel of land on North Forest Avenue, paving the way for more residential homes within city limits.
Pictured, from left to right, are Ash Mangham (CEFGA), Mike Carey (Athens Technical College/Hart College and Career Academy Instructor), Johnny Barrientos Valle, Dr. Barara Wall (Deputy Superintendent for Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education at the Georgia Department of Education), and Zach Fields (CEFGA).

Pictured, from left to right, are Ash Mangham (CEFGA), Mike Carey (Athens Technical College/Hart College and Career Academy Instructor), Johnny Barrientos Valle, Dr. Barara Wall (Deputy Superintendent for Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education at the Georgia Department of Education), and Zach Fields (CEFGA).

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HCHS grad earns statewide construction award

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Hart County High School graduate Johnny Barrientos Valle recently earned statewide recognition as he was named a Construction Ready Graduate of the Year by the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA). Valle is currently a lineman in Georgia Power’s apprenticeship program.
The Hartwell Christmas Parade pictured last year in 2021, is set to being this year at 4:00 p.m. this year.

The Hartwell Christmas Parade pictured last year in 2021, is set to being this year at 4:00 p.m. this year.

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Holiday season in full swing with Christmas parade set for Sunday

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
This coming Sunday, Dec. 11, the annual Hartwell Christmas parade returns and at the center of the parade is the big man himself – Santa Claus. The parade will start at Hart County High School and begin at 4 p.m.
Pictured right, Ben Edwards coaches up junior guard Dakota Phillips in the Madison County win on Nov. 10.

Pictured right, Ben Edwards coaches up junior guard Dakota Phillips in the Madison County win on Nov. 10.

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Edwards goes from player to coach

News Staff
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Ben Edwards has now played and coached for both Emmanuel College and Hart County. After Edwards finished his final season with the Dogs, he committed to play basketball for the Emmanuel College Lions.