Evelyn Newberry Harris, age 92, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Mrs. Harris was born in Fannin County to the late Augusta Earl and Gustie Falls Newberry. She had worked at Lifecare Center of Copper Basin as a Nurses Aid and was a member of Hot House Baptist Church. She was […]
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Speaker David Ralston Responds to Governor Nathan Deal Veto of Campus Carry Bill
Speaker of the House of Representatives David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) issued the following statement concerning the Governor’s veto of HB 859, the Campus Safety Act: “I am deeply disappointed by Governor Deal’s decision to veto House Bill 859 – the Campus Safety Act. While I respect the Governor and his right to act as he […]
Read More »Carolyn Marie Mull: Obituary
Carolyn Marie Mull, age 73, of Blue Ridge passed away Monday, May 2, 2016 in Johns Creek. Mrs. Mull was born June 26, 1942 in Atlanta, GA to the late Carl Luther Jordan and Georgia Margaret Bridges Jordan. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of McCaysville, pageant beauty queen, recorded singer and […]
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The Glory of the Obama Legacy
Opinion by George McClellan: This years annual Washington’s Correspondence Dinner, Obama’s last try as a stand up comedian, disintegrated into a tawdry example of second class citizens laughing at uncouth third class jokes by an almost unknown negro comedian who, because he was a negro and on the cast of Saturday Night Live, assumed he […]
Read More »Mrs. Sharon Ovelle Patterson Mashburn: Obituary
Sharon Ovelle Patterson Mashburn age 60 of Blue Ridge GA passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at the Fannin Regional Hospital. Sharon was born on April 24, 1956 to the late Kermit R. and Betty Ovelle Waters Patterson in New Smyrna Beach, FL. She worked in the poultry industry. Sharon was a member of […]
Read More »FCHS Theatre Department Presents the Spring Musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
FCHS Theatre Department presents the spring musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, on Friday, May 13 at 7:00 PM, and on Saturday at 2:00 PM and again at 7:00 PM in the Fannin County High School Performing Arts Center. Admission is $5 at the door. During the 1850s, Milly (Charitty Tuttle), a pretty young cook, […]
Read More »Looking Back, Looking Forward
Opinion by George McClellan: How do we put the awful legacy of the past eight years of Obama behind us? How do we disengage from the imposed, stupefying social forces of top down management over our lives, and return to a proven form of successful government by the people, from the bottom up, that provides […]
Read More »Mr. Jacob Stephen Hudson: Obituary
Jacob Stephen Hudson, age 22, of Copperhill, TN, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016. He was born November 25, 1993 to Joshua David and Angela Michelle Sellers Hudson. He was of the Christian faith. He is preceded in death by his mother, Angela Michelle Sellers Hudson. He is survived by father, Joshua David Hudson of […]
Read More »Mrs. Wendy Aring: Obituary
Mrs. Wendy Aring, age 40, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away April 29, 2016. Wendy was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Jeff Aring; three sons, Bryce C. Aring, Chase A. Aring and Grant N. Aring; parents, Stephen and Mary S. Nicholson of Warrensburg, MO; and one sister and brother-in-law, Stephanie […]
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Fannin Schools May Menus & More
West Fannin Elementary School East Fannin Elementary School Blue Ridge Elementary School Fannin Middle School May Breakfast & Lunch Menus Fannin High School May Breakfast & Lunch Menus
Read More »Mr. Noah Brumbley, Jr. : Obituary
Mr. Noah Brumbley, Jr., age 69, of Farner, TN passed away on May 1, 2016. He was born March 23, 1947 to the late Noah and Annie Bessie Brumbley in Thomasville, GA. He was an avid fisherman and hunter. He was a very talented master carpenter by trade. He had also worked for such companies […]
Read More »Unity
Opinion by George McClellan: Picture this: a brash, loud mouthed New Yorker goes to Alabama and 35,000 cheering people show up to hear him speak. He goes to North Carolina and as many thousands rally to his words. Everywhere he goes, thousands rally to hear him. That New Yorker is Donald Trump. His constant, unchanging […]
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