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Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

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New chairs come with new friends

gailmanter
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Once upon a time I bought a little chair from someone on Facebook Marketplace. It was $5. My idea was to use it in my bathroom. So on a beautiful late summer afternoon I met the lady in the Sardis Baptist Church parking lot to pick it up. She was so kind.
Pictured, from left to right, are Rotary Club of Hartwell President Rich Mewborn, Rotary Club of Hartwell Youth Services Chair Wyndee McKinnon, and Hart County Education Foundation Director Bobbie Busha.

Pictured, from left to right, are Rotary Club of Hartwell President Rich Mewborn, Rotary Club of Hartwell Youth Services Chair Wyndee McKinnon, and Hart County Education Foundation Director Bobbie Busha.

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Hart County Education Foundation receives donation from Rotary

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County Education Foundation accepted a $500 donation from the Rotary Club of Hartwell last week at Hart County High School.
Photo Credit: Gabriel Gurrola

Photo Credit: Gabriel Gurrola

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Concert in the Garden set for April 24

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County Botanical Garden will host a Concert in the Garden fundraiser on Sunday, April 24 at 5 p.m. at the garden amphitheater. String group Another Chance, featuring Carl Oberg, Bill Pratt, Marshall Walker and Chuck Williams, will perform.
The finished product in April.

The finished product in April.

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Torch completes depot platform

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Dan Hunt/The Hartwell Sun Contractors and members of Transformation Opportunities in Revitalizing Communities of Hart recently completed the platform portion of the train depot at Railroad Street Park.
Photo Credit: Dollar Gill

Photo Credit: Dollar Gill

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Hart County named AP Honor School

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Georgia Department of Education announced recently that Hart County High School is one of 88 schools in the state being named to the list of Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for 2022.
Pictured above is the Dan W. Reyen Memorial Dog Park, which offers dog owners a place to relax while their pets socialize and play off the leash.

Pictured above is the Dan W. Reyen Memorial Dog Park, which offers dog owners a place to relax while their pets socialize and play off the leash.

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Dog park to be rededicated

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hartwell Service League is holding an event to raise awareness about the dog park in Hart County. “We just decided since so many people didn’t know about it, that we would have an event there just to bring it to the attention of the community,” event co-chairman Lucy Rowland said.
Douglass and June Hiley smile and gaze at each other for their wedding picture. Pictured right are Douglas and June in the same pose 70 years apart. The couple was not told to strike the same pose in the recent picture and did so naturally.

Douglass and June Hiley smile and gaze at each other for their wedding picture. Pictured right are Douglas and June in the same pose 70 years apart. The couple was not told to strike the same pose in the recent picture and did so naturally.

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Couple celebrates 70 years

Dan Hunt
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Douglas and June Hilley celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on April 5, 2022. They were wed on April 5, 1952 by Reverend Donald Harris at the Sardis Baptist Church Pastorium in Hartwell, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs.
From left to right, Andrea Ploussard, Wendy Risner, Laurie Whitworth (CEO), Kimberely Brewer and Sydney Jordan stand outside Harmony House holding blue pinwheels, which is the national symbol for child abuse prevention month. The pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood.

From left to right, Andrea Ploussard, Wendy Risner, Laurie Whitworth (CEO), Kimberely Brewer and Sydney Jordan stand outside Harmony House holding blue pinwheels, which is the national symbol for child abuse prevention month. The pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood.

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Harmony House CEO helps victims through trauma

Josh Brannen
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Victims of child sexual abuse have to grapple with their difficult experiences throughout their lives. April, Child and Sexual Abuse Awareness Month, is an appropriate time to highlight how Harmony House CEO Laurie Whitworth and her team help those victims’ journeys less difficult.
Gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor stands outside her campaign bus at Hartwell Ingles.

Gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor stands outside her campaign bus at Hartwell Ingles.

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Gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor makes stop in Hartwell

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor stopped in Hartwell on her bus tour through northeast Georgia on Tuesday. Taylor, who has been a school counselor for 19 years and served on the Appling County Board of Education, considers herself a “grassroots” candidate.