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- Sunday, May 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Lauren Blais
Community rallies with LifeSouth for ailing student
Whatever Savannah Burns attempts, she excels at. Athletic and full of energy, the Dahlonega resident loves horseback riding, cheerleading and participating in sports like volleyball or track. One time her track team needed a long jumper at the last minute. Burns stepped in, and though she had no experience, she won the event. Now, lying in a hospital bed, she faces the challenge of her life. Recently doctors diagnosed the normally healthy, active 18-year-old with ...
Teens raise funds to provide shelters for Japan
Good times can be good causes, too. Friday night about 20 high school students camped out in front of the Gainesville Civic Center on Green Street to raise money for those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. "We felt like we just needed to reach more people than high schoolers," Jordan Harste, 16, of Gainesville High School said, carrying a mug for donations. The students held up signs and cookware, hoping to draw ...
Mountain music comes to town
DAHLONEGA - To say that there is music on every corner of the annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival this weekend is not correct - it's way more than that.
Kitchen inspections for March 18-23
March 18 Waffle House No. 1688 2880 Browns Bridge Road SW, Gainesville Score: 99, Grade: A Gasket on reach in cooler damaged. Hood system dripping. Inspector: McDuffie El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant 1830 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville Score: 57, Grade: U Georgia law required a CFSM on staff by Dec. 1, 2009. Employee drinks in open glass, open bottle. Cutting boards embedded with mold, mildew, food stains. Two trays of chicken out of temperature on ...
History center spotlights weather
Jonathan Mixon is a storm-chaser in the making. Using a point-and-shoot digital camera, the 8-year-old spent several minutes Sunday capturing photos and video of the 5-foot-high airy funnel produced by the tornado simulator at the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville. Jonathan's mother Lauren, 49, said he and his twin brother Patrick had been looking forward to the "Wild Weather and the Tornado of '36" Family Day all month. "They're fascinated," said Mixon, whose family ...
Garden expo showcases hard-to-find plants, tools
With the danger of frost over, it's finally safe to trade in those winter gloves for the gardening ones.
Panel: Middle East countries are unique
A panel at North Georgia College & State University allowed around 100 audience members the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding Monday night of what's really going on in the Middle East, which is different from country to country.
Cowboys, cowgirls take aim at mounted shooting event
Karla Wagner lives in Marietta, but wearing a cowboy hat, chaps and double gun holster, she looks like she came straight from the Wild, Wild West.
Trillium Trek matches skills, brain power
The annual Trillium Trek isn't your ordinary hike in the woods. Nine teams and seven solo racers hiked, biked and orienteered their way around the Elachee Nature Science Center's trails during the eco-adventure race Saturday morning in Gainesville. Ten-year-old Michael Loutzenheiser of Lagrange was prepared for the mountain biking portion of the race. "My favorite part was the mountain biking," he said. "I bike at West Point at Lagrange, about seven miles." What Loutzenheiser wasn't ...
Clusters let kids shape own learning program
It's Friday afternoon at Mount Vernon Elementary in North Hall. Running's not allowed, so the school's nearly 700 students are power-walking with excitement down the green and white-tiled halls. Mount Vernon has upgraded its clubs to something called enrichment clusters, and the students are eager to get to them. The clusters are an experiment in project-based learning, which is what the school will focus on if it pursues charter status this fall. "The work force ...
Kitchen inspections for March 9-17
March 9 Shogun Japanese Steak House 5855 Spout Springs Road, Suite A401, Flowery Branch Score: 93, Grade: A Sanitizer for cloth buckets too high per test strips. Containers of chemicals not labeled with common name of chemical. Knives and spatulas stored on rolling cart on side with wire between uses. Raw wood pallets on floor for elevation in sushi bar behind counter need to be painted to seal raw wood. Veggie sink and ...
Community market starts this weekend
Rebekah Langhoff, 11, lines up yellow and green "bling" beads in one hand, while her mother, Wendy Pittman, fingers blue and pink cracked glass beads inside a plastic organizer. Together the two are meticulously planning the color scheme of a beaded lanyard.
Riders admire beauty of Paso Fino horses at open house
It's no coincidence that Paso Fino horses are known for their "fine step" - it's the translation of their name.
Joy The Clown remembered for jokes
Joy The Clown, a lifelong entertainer, died Tuesday of natural causes. For Clown, clowning wasn't an act, it was his life. And his name was no joke. "He loved showing people his driver's license," said Jeff McClure, a magician and friend of Clown's. "No one believed it was his real name." Clown claimed April Fool's Day as his birthday, and though he was born in 1943, he always said he was "9-years-old forever," his daughter ...
Soldier, family move into new Habitat house
Army Spc. Michael Walker returned from deployment in Afghanistan a year ago, yet he's just now getting his homecoming.
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