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Throwback Thursday

#Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
April 13, 1945 — Private First Class J.T. House joined the more than 405,000 Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice during World War II, when he was killed in action on March 30 in Germany. The 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lester House was from the Bethesda section of Hart County.
The Hartwell Sun

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City considers new zoning rules

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Proposed amendments to Hartwell’s zoning ordinances would scrap the potential for mobile homes in single and multiple-family residential districts, while also modernizing rules within the city limits, city leaders said Monday night.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — Annie Dunn, owner of Annie’s Pretty Pieces, shows off a mask in progress at her store last week in Hartwell.

Sunshot by Michael Hall — Annie Dunn, owner of Annie’s Pretty Pieces, shows off a mask in progress at her store last week in Hartwell.

Quilters patching holes in mask production

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Visitors have been far-and-few-between for the past few weeks at Annie’s Pretty Pieces in Hartwell, but a steady stream of quilters have been coming through to pick-up supplies for a local effort aiming to ease the shortage of masks during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — Brittany Cobb, a medical secretary for MedLink in Hartwell, shows the thermometer she uses to take the temperature of every patient, well or ill, who comes to the community clinic.

Sunshot by Michael Hall — Brittany Cobb, a medical secretary for MedLink in Hartwell, shows the thermometer she uses to take the temperature of every patient, well or ill, who comes to the community clinic.

Local doctors take precautions, prep for more cases

Michael Hall
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Doctors in Hartwell have “dramatically” altered their operations to both treat potentially ill people and to ensure healthy patients stay that way as the number of COVID-19 cases locally is poised to increase.  To start, Dr.
Easter

Easter

Creativity a must for churches this Easter

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Easter is typically a holiday during which Christians gather to worship the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but this Sunday will remind churchgoers what it was like in Jesus’s time, Impact Church Pastor Nick Rucker says.
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference on April 1 announcing his intentions to sign a shelter-in-place order.

Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference on April 1 announcing his intentions to sign a shelter-in-place order.

GEORGIA SHELTERS IN PLACE

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Georgia residents are under a shelter-in-place order and school is canceled for the rest of the academic calendar following a week of new developments in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

Georgia chief justice extends judicial emergency

News Staff
Monday, April 6, 2020
By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service   ATLANTA - Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton Monday extended the statewide judicial emergency in effect because of the coronavirus pandemic until May 13. Melton first declared the emergency on March 14 and set it to expire on April 13.
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Graduation postponed, not canceled

News Staff
Friday, April 3, 2020
Graduation for Hart County seniors is postponed, but not canceled, the school system announced Thursday, following the statewide order from Governor Brian Kemp to cancel in-person instruction for the remainder of the academic year at all public schools.