February 10, 2012
School Resource Officer Steve Hemphill, left, and Sam Nissen were able to quickly track down Alice, the popular pet bunny of Suzanne Davis, after it was stolen from Lumpkin County Middle School last week. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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Suzanne Davis didn’t realize she had a bunny-napping on her hands until a few minutes after she arrived at her Lumpkin County Middle School classroom last Tuesday morning. “I thought maybe he had ...
Jim and Betty Smulian discovered an old log cabin on the Lumpkin County property they purchased in 1968. The couple recently donated the original 16x20-foot structure to North Georgia College & State University’s Georgia Appalachian Studies Program.
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Tuesday, Jan. 31, Dr. Alice Sampson’s pocket got a little lighter. Sampson is the Director of the Georgia Appalachian Study Center. For the last two months she has been carrying around a chunk of ...
A beaming Paula Payne (center) stands in the window of the waiting room/pharmacy dispensary at Community Helping Place’s new Free Clinic. With Payne are (from left) Bryson Wilkins and CHP Board member Jim Fambrough.
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There has been “a whirlwind” of activity at Lumpkin County’s Community Helping Place for the last several months, says Executive Director Brenda Cook. The result of all the hustle and bustle is the...
Lumpkin County’s Alex Ward reacts after defeating Tommy Luc of Johnson High School in the Finals to earn his Area 8-AAA Championship in the 120-pound class. (Staff photo/JOHN BYNUM)
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The Indians qualified seven wrestlers for the upcoming State Sectionals Tournament as Lumpkin earned third place out of 13 teams.
Bonnie Morris hopes the community will come take a close look at Lincoln over the next few weeks as “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” moves into the third floor of the NGCSU library. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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The 16th president has arrived in town. And he traveled by mail. Last week, Bonnie Morris of the North Georgia College & State University Library received several large crates full of Abraham Li...
The old City of Dahlonega water plant currently sits dry and vacant on the corner of Wimpy Mill Road and Sky Country Road. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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The city of Dahlonega has one too many water plants. As the recently completed state-of-the-art facility currently processes the waters of the reservoir at Lake Zwerner, an aging pipe-filled plant...
Heavy traffic of the literal sort is slowly wearing on the Torrington Road Bridge that leads to the Koyo plant as city workers plan to make repairs. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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The rolling wheels of Koyo-bound delivery trucks are adding to the stress of a concrete bridge spanning Cane Creek on Torrington Road, according to city officials. And they aren’t waiting around u...
Lumpkin County’s Daniel McCrary reacted to the defense in the final three seconds to find an open shot and sink the basket to defeat the Warriors. (Staff photo/JOHN BYNUM)
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With just seconds remaining, Lumpkin County varsity boys coach Chris Guthrie gathered his players on the sideline. The Indians were tied 61-61 with arch rival White County in a hostile environment ...
Kevin Hamby, who oversees the county’s SPLOST work program, moved chairs and held back blinds to reveal the damage water seeping around the windows in the downstairs conference room at the administrative building has done. This is typical of damage around windows throughout the building. (Staff photos/SHARON HALL)
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It’s not a matter of spending SPLOST dollars on mere improvements at the administration building, says Lumpkin County Manager Stan Kelley. It’s a matter of making necessary repairs. “The roof on t...
Evidence of wayward 18-wheelers abound at the entrance to the Walmart parking lot as a city constructed island has managed to attract the tread of larger delivery trucks. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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A city project designed to provide easy pedestrian crossing at Walmart has turned into an unexpected speed bump for outgoing delivery trucks. “Everything was going fine until we realized the turni...
Lady Indians junior Morgan Wood battles a Franklin County defender during Friday night’s game.
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Varsity Girls The gymnasium was a hostile environment for the varsity basketball squads last week as Lumpkin encountered tough region and non-region foes. The Lady Indians (3-16) hosted r...
Lumpkin leads the way in the state of Georgia when it comes to training its staff in the Darkness to Light child sexual abuse prevention protocols. In fact, there are “only a handful, maybe three or four school systems, in the United States to do this,” said Georgia Center for Child Advocacy (GCCA) representative Tiffany Sawyer, far right. The school system’s participation in the training has helped push Lumpkin County far ahead of the rest of the state in reaching the “tipping point,” the point at which a cultural shift begins to take place. Pictured are GCCA Northeast Georgia Regional Coordinator Steve Collins, Lumpkin County Superintendent of Schools Dewey Moye and school social worker Joni McElwaney. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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Little things can make a big difference. That’s the theory of from a book by Malcolm Gladwell titled Tipping Point. “Gladwell theorizes that if you can reach five percent of any audience with you...
Applied Studios founders Shannon Sims and Neil Miller have recently expanded their Web business to include the design of mobile device apps. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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If you’re a college student in Dahlonega, there’s now an app for that. Shannon Sims and Neil Miller have seen to it, as the local entrepreneurs recently spearheaded the design of a specialized No...
The new A.T.-E.A.S.E system at Lumpkin County E-911 will have dispatchers like Anita Bookmiller making regular calls to residents in-need. The name, which stands for Assistance to Ensure a Safe Environment, was developed by chamber representative Laura James. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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Lumpkin County E-911 operators aren’t sitting back and waiting for emergencies to come to them anymore. Starting this week, dispatchers will be placing calls to specific residents in-need as part ...
Freshman Dakota Spivey takes aim during practice in preparation for Lumpkin's match against Gainesville this week. (Staff photo/JOHN BYNUM)
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Returning to the shooting range for their first match since earning a fifth-place finish at the State Championships last year, the Lumpkin County High School riflery team members found their mark a...
Lumpkin County's Brittany McClain battles the White County defense during Friday's Region 8A-AAA showdown. (Staff photo/JOHN BYNUM)
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The Lady Indians welcomed two of their fiercest rivals to town last weekend for a pair of back-to-back games.
9th District State Rep. Amos Amerson, left, 51st District State Sen. Steve Gooch, center and Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle were among those attending the Eggs & Issues Legislative Forum Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and North Georgia College & State University. (Staff photo/SHARON HALL)
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While it is not the job of government to actually create jobs, said Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle to an audience of about 150 people attending the Eggs & Issues Legislative Forum Saturday, it is ...
E-911 worker Bailey Bingham familiarizes herself with the operating system for the county’s newly installed tornado sirens. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN)
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It was only a test. But Lumpkin County’s new tornado sirens apparently passed that test last week. “This gives us a total of 14 sirens throughout the county,” said Lumpkin County Emergency Service...
New versions of a synthetic marijuana are beginning to show up in some local convenience stores. (Photo courtesy of Drug Enforcement Agency)
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It’s called “synthetic marijuana” to some, “herbal incense” to others, but to Drug Enforcement Agent John Murphy, the substance found on some local store shelves is nothing more than “Russian roule...
Lumpkin County’s standouts at the Lambert Holiday Clash Traditional Tournament included Zack Kile, who earned a 6-3 individual record at the two-day event. (Staff photo/JOHN BYNUM)
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During the holiday break, the varsity wrestling squad was working hard, maintaining its top form for the second half of the season.
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Friday, January 27 A woman on Cane Creek Valley Road said someone sto...
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Local residents usually don’t have to wait for February 2 to to catch a ...
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