Funeral services for JOHN E. “JOHNNY” FRITCHEY, age 82, of Clarkesville, will be held at 5:00 PM on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from the Harvest Christian Church.
Dorothy L. Taylor
Graveside memorial services for Dorothy L. Taylor will be held on Tuesday September 30, 2014 at 11:00 AM from the Woodlawn Cemetery in Clinton, Illinois. Rev. Kent Hickerson will join with her family and friends to celebrate Dorothy’s life.
J. Perry Hendrix
J. PERRY HENDRIX, age 85 of Demorest, Georgia passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014.
William Howard Ward
WILLIAM HOWARD WARD, Age 77 of Baldwin, Georgia passed away Monday, September 22, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness.
More money missing in Demorest; city launches internal investigation
Auditors have discovered an additional $53,661.21 missing from the City of Demorest. Now the city is launching its own internal investigation into where the money went, how it was taken and who took it.
SPLOST VI meeting tonight in Cornelia
A small crowd gathered in Cornelia Tuesday for a town hall meeting is scheduled in Cornelia tonight to discuss Habersham County’s SPLOST VI referendum. The meeting takes place at 6 p.m. in the Cornelia Municipal Court Room located on the second floor of the Cornelia Fire Station. This will be the fourth in a series of nine public meetings scheduled to inform and educate the public about the county’s proposed 1% special local option sales tax. The referendum will be on the ballot November 4th. Click here for more meeting dates, times and locations.
Darrell “D.J.” Grogan, Jr.
Memorial services for Darrell Edward “D.J.” Grogan, Jr., age 25, of Demorest, will be held at 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 25, 2014 from the Harvest Christian Church. Rev. Tony Crane and Rev. Phillip Parton will officiate. Mr. Grogan died Tuesday, September 9, 2014.
Double Raider action Friday
The Habersham Central Raiders are looking to snap a nearly two year long losing streak this Friday, September 26 as they take on the Raiders of Alpharetta High.
USA South Honors Three PC Athletes
Fayetteville, N.C. – After Piedmont’s men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball opened the USA South schedule undefeated this past weekend, the conference has awarded three athletes spots on the weekly honor roll. Two spots belong to members of the men’s soccer team as Vincent Thomas was named Player of the Week and Ryan Herbert earned Rookie of the Week, while it was Katie Faith for the Lady Lions volleyball team taking Defensive Player of the Week.
Driver charged with DUI
A Cornelia man is in jail charged in connection with a weekend accident that left one man seriously injured.
Profiles in Entrepreneurship – Haley Jordan of Smocks and Strokes
“Encouraging community thru creative inspiration”
After going to a “paint your own” party in Atlanta, Haley Jordan was inspired. She had so much fun and it “gave her so much personal peace,” that she decided she could do her own version up in Northeast Georgia. Haley’s family arrived in Habersham 17 years ago and she and her brother and sister went to school here. Each then attended Piedmont College, where her Mother, Dr. Barbara Steinhaus was a faculty member of the Music program. Jordan graduated in 2007 with her history degree, stayed and got her MAT in Special Education. She worked at Ingles in Clarkesville until she moved to Gainesville as an account manager for TruGreen. Now an accountant for an HVAC company in Gwinnett, Haley says her new business is her release, “it helps me feel like a human and not a computer.” She enjoys meeting new people and developing community while having fun and inspiring people to explore their own creativity.
After being excited about the idea, Jordan gave herself a month. “I am the Queen of being impulsive and jumping into things.” After the month deadline, she found that her enthusiasm had not waned. She developed her business plan, got her business license and set off to talk to restaurant owners in Hall County and Habersham County. The reception was warm. Jeff Morris, of the Copper Pot in Clarkesville, shared with Haley that he had participated in this type of event when he lived in Atlanta and loved it. She is currently working with different restaurant owners to develop special menus for each event.
For the event, patrons arrive at the designated restaurant up to 1/2 hour before the event starts. The “artist” can either work at an easel or on the table and may order food and drinks if they choose. Smocks are provided to prevent stains. Jordan then introduces the painting serving as the inspiration and guides the participants step by step during the 2 hour event. Each person takes home their creation. There is no skill level needed and it is great for all ages. The event fee is $25 and includes all supplies.
Join Haley at the following events or call and set up your own event. Reservations are required but she does prepare for walk-ins.
706-768-6633 / 678-696-0455
September 23 at the Attic in Clarkesville – 7pm
October 2 at the Copper Pot in Clarkesville – 7pm
October 7 at Avocados in Gainesville – 6:30pm
October 15 at Bareboat Charters in Clarkesville – 7pm
October 21 at Avocados in Gainesville – 7pm
October 23 at the Copper Pot in Clarkesville – 7pm
Norman Straham Ivie
NORMAN STRAHAM IVIE, age 81, Athens, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014.