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It was 12-year-old Sam Roach that was the in spirtion for the Carnesville Paint and Body Fishing for Kids Fishing Tournament, but 51 other children benefitted from his passion.

For the better part of the last two decades, the best fireworks display in this area takes place over Lake Hartwell off Yacht Club Road in the Reed Creek community

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Ty Cobb; A Terrible Beauty

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Fighting for Health

“Ty Cobb … fierce, calculating, feared, revered, famous, infamous, benevolent and a gentleman.”

Sarah Rebecca Hart found herself in the same position many other women find themselves in. She was 40 years old and was weighing in at 220 pounds.

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A Family History

Currahee Vineyard and Winery cast its shadow on the future and retraced its steps to the past with recent event that drew an impressive roster of participants.

Where did your family name come from, where did your ancestors live, and what did they do for a living?

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Go Green...Starting With Your Pet!

Campsite hosts Brian and Lisa Beasley want to dispel the notion that Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area, (formerly Hart State Park) is closed.

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t was 12-year-old Sam Roach that was the inspiration for the Carnesville Paint and Body Fishing for Kids Fishing Tournament, but 51 other children benefitted from his passion.

“That child just loves to fish,” Heather Maxwell laughed of family friend Sam’s favorite pastime. “He really started it off. He wants to spend the night with us just to go fishing.”

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Kids K ids oom m all all over over got got “hooked” “hooked” oonn fisshing hing tthanks hanks to to tthe he effor s of Heather and Jason Max ell. The Max ells, along with their t o sons, Cam and Dawson and a host of iends and sponsors, put on the first annual Car esville Paint and Body Fishing for Kids Fishing Tour ament.

There were kids on the bank and kids on boats who took home t ophies for biggest and smallest catch. first – of what is hoped to be many – Fishing for Kids Fishing Tournaments.

“So many kids wanted us to take them fishing,” Heather said. “We talked to three or four friends and then Jason and I said, let’s do it!”

That started the line running on a tournament that turned out bigger and better than they could have hoped, Heather said.

The Maxwells, both veterans of many local fishing tournaments, “hooked” a

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bunch of friends and their two sons, Cam and Dawson, into helping and then got the word out everywhere that they were having a kids tournament for kids 14 and under on May 3 at Lake Hartwell.

“Our sons enjoy fishing the tournaments, but not as much as we do, so we hoped the tournament would change that,” Heather said. “Dawson did not get to fish because he was 16, but he helped run the show on land while Cam fished with his dad.”

Both boys, Heather said, were excited about the tournament, an event that they had never heard of having been done in Franklin County.

It was a real labor of love for Heather for about two months as she netted “tons of sponsors” and amassed helpers for the big event, an event they prayed would go well.

And it did.

“We had so much stuff to give away,” Heather said. “I couldn’t believe it.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 When that Sunday dawned bright and sunny, Heather said it was a “blessed day.”

“We had 51 kids and 37 boats,” Heather said, still in awe over the turnout for the

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“We had a two fish limit – catch and release – for the smallest and the biggest bass,” Heather said. “The boats could not go over 45 (mph) and each child had to be accompanied by an adult.”

Ever one had a blast,” Heather said. “We can’t wait to do it again nex year.

tournament. “It was amazing.”

Kids came from all over – Toccoa, Hull, Carnesville, Clarksville, Athens, Demorest, Hiawassee, Commerce, Hartwell, Walhalla and Bowman – to fish off the bank and from boats.

“The biggest thing we wanted to do was get kids out on the water,” Heather said.

Blast off for the tournament was at 1 p.m. and weigh-in was at 5 p.m.

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Heather said they were “not really particular” about the tournament. “We just wanted the kids to have fun.”

Several first-time fishermen attended the event, Heather said. And not only did they get a chance to catch a fish, the kids also enjoyed a hot dog lunch.

While everyone who attended the event was a winner, trophies were given to those who brought in the biggest

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and smallest catch of the day.

Winner of the big fish event was Chrissy and Tim Brown’s son Zack. His fish weighed 2 pounds, 56 ounces.

Second place went to A.J. Peeples from Royston. His fish weighed 2 pounds, 51 ounces.

Third place went to Corvin McClure. His fish weighed 2 pounds, 35 ounces.

Winners in the smallest fish event went to Miles Dodd.

Miles received a first place trophy for his fish which weighed .5 ounce.

Nick Vaughn got second place with a .57 ounce fish and Bragden Batchelor took third place with his .91 ounce entry.

“We had so many smiles that day,” Heather said, beaming a bright grin of her own.

“There were high fives and grins everywhere.”

The tournament followed DNR guidelines, Heather said, and each child turned in an application for the event.

“God blessed us so much,” Heather said. “The turnout was wonderful, we had so many sponsors who gave us so much. It was just amazing. We really appreciate the support of Kevin Roach of Tri-County Sporting and Dave Gordon of Auto Supply. They were the ones who provided the T-shirts, banner, trophies and cooked the hot dogs.”

Heather and Jason said they hope this will become and annual event because everyone had so much fun.

“We had no idea it would be as big as it was. We are already looking forward to next year,” Heather said. “We hope to have even more kids with us on the lake with us next year.”◆

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or the better part of the last two decades, the best fireworks display in this area takes place over Lake Hartwell off Yacht Club Road in the Reed Creek community.

William Tucker puts on the show for family, friends and anybody else looking for a good time on the Fourth of July.

“Everybody’s invited,” said Tucker, a few days after this year’s show. “We see more and more people we don’t know every year.”

It all started with $20 and nothing to do.

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bottle rockets,” recalled Tucker.

“We had so much fun shooting them off the next year she gave us a hundred dollars and we put about 35 with that. Every year it gets bigger and the decimal point keeps moving over.”

Tucker wouldn’t reveal what he spends or how many fireworks he shoots, saying only that it’s “a truckload.”

His oldest son Chad sets up the fireworks during the day. His other sons, Joey and Todd, set up chairs and whatever else needs to be done.

Tucker said they usually have three or four lighters using torches. He said this year’s show lasted about 28 minutes.

“We try to fill the sky with three or four at a time,” said Tucker. “I don’t want to shoot just one at a time like some do. We keep the sky full.”

Food is also a big part of the celebration. Tucker does a low country boil for area law enforcement and helpers the night before. He then cooks 16 hams overnight and serves them before the fireworks.

His wife Peggy cooks desserts and people bring covered dishes.

“I line up two pontoon trailers side by side and put plywood over them,” said Tucker. “They’ll be covered with food. We have four lines going so it moves pretty fast.”

Tucker estimates he had about 400 people on land this year, but he has no idea how many people actually watch.

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Purchased in 2006, staff at the station said that chief Jeff Lanier picked it out after testing boats in the ocean from manufacturer Wininghoff.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 Rescue boat comes equipped with most of the equipment found on a regular fire truck.

Items such as ladders mounted to the sides of the craft, hoses of various sizes, smoke masks, a med kit and fire extinguishers.

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OYSTON – A banner bearing the image of Ty Cobb hangs near the entrance of the Ty Cobb Museum.

It reads, “Ty Cobb … fierce, calculating, feared, revered, famous, infamous, benevolent and a gentleman.”

That balanced image of Cobb has rarely been portrayed.

Instead,

conventional wisdom has Cobb as a virulent racist who played dirty, was a bad teammate, fought anyone in his path and died hated by most everyone.

But a new biography, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, gives a more balanced account of Cobb, Royston’s most famous son.

Author Charles Leerhsen said he started his work with the intention only of writing a detailed account of Cobb’s life, which had not been done in more than 20 years.

While Leerhsen said he went into the project assuming that what everyone said about Cobb was true, he did his own research. It didn’t take long to realize Cobb’s life was more complex than what had been previously reported.

“The real man was very different than the myth,” Leerhsen said. “The real man was a lot more interesting than the myth.”

Leerhsen’s research found that Cobb helped fellow retired players down on their luck, fought no more than other people of his era and was not a racist.

“I just don’t think he was racist,” the author said.

A portion of Cobb’s racist reputation came from reports in a book by Charles Alexander of Cobb fighting with African Americans. In many of those incidents, the people he fought with were in fact white, Leerhsen said.

That Cobb was born in Georgia in 1886 also contributed to the idea that he was racist, especially among those CONTINUED TO PAGE 18 LAKE LIVING AUGUST 2015

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Charles Leerhsen visited the Ty Cobb Museum to sign his new biography of Ty Cobb for a large, eager crowd and to speak about the book. He also met some members of Cobb’s family and others who shared personal memorabilia and stories about the baseball legend.

from the South, he said.

Cobb came from an enlightened family.

Cobb’s great-grandfather preached against slavery. His grandfather signed up to fight for the Confederate States but did not report because he was against Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth slavery. Cobb’s father was a state senator who supported black That story has been told to schools and helped break up a show how out of control and lynch mob. violent he was.

“You could see how he Leerhsen said while Cobb would be an exception to the did indeed go into the stands, rule,” Leerhsen said. before doing so, he asked the Cobb was no angel, the auheckler to stop the harassthor said. He did have a short ment and then asked the repfuse and took great exception resentatives from the Yankees at being slighted, perceived or to have the man be quiet or otherwise. escort him from the stadium.

But he also tried at times to His pleas were not heeded, avoid conflict. and Cobb took action.

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Leerhsen said shows that Cobb was not universally hated by teammates.

Cobb’s reputation was ruined in a biography written

by Al Stump.

“I think Stump’s motivation was to make money,” Leerhsen said.

Stump spent just a few days with an ailing Cobb, did a little research and “made up the rest,” Leerhsen said.

Cobb actually tried to kill the book before publication but died before he could.

Stump then took advantage of Cobb’s notoriety by writing a “scurrilous article,” Leerhsen said, for the less-than-reputable True Magazine detailing Cobb’s “monstrous character.”

Stump was paid $3,000$4,000 for the article.

That article was a sensation because it gave a supposed behind-the-scene

look at Cobb’s personality at a time (1961) when that was not common, Leerhsen said.

It was “shocking, titillating and delightful to a lot of people,” he said.

Then, Alexander’s book retold many of those folk tales and embellished others, Leerhsen said.

Leerhsen’s tour to promote his book has taken him to events in his native New York City, to Atlanta and to Chicago and Detroit.

It’s been covered by some of the largest newspapers in the country, excerpted in Sports Illustrated magazine and featured on the ESPN program Olbermann.

But Leerhsen said his appearance at the Ty Cobb Museum in Royston was “special.”

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Leerhsen signed his new biography of Royston’s native son at the Joe Adams Building right outside the door of the Ty Cobb Museum.

It was more than a book signing for Leerhsen.

People who knew Cobb personally and some of his relatives were among the 60 or so people who came out to meet the author, tell him stories and get a book signed.

Leerhsen also gave an impromptu speech about his book to those attending.

They were very receptive to the idea of his book: that Cobb was not the monster he has been made out to be, but a much more complex man.

“The people from Royston know it because they knew him,” Leerhsen said.

The appearance was not his first visit to the museum.

He was originally told about the museum by fellow editor Ron Cobb, a distant Ty Cobb relative.

While doing research, he came to Royston and was given access to Cobb’s files by Julie Ridgway at the museum.

He was also assisted by Cobb historian Wesley Fricks.

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“I just went and stood there a while,” Leerhsen said.

Leerhsen’s new book has already made an impact.

The author – who has written for Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian and written two previous books – has gotten good reviews in newspapers across the country. Most of those reviews and interviews, such as one on ESPN’s Olbermann program, focus on Leerhsen’s new information on Cobb’s personality.

Some readers have resisted letting go of their preconceived notions, the author said, but others have been open-minded.

“If you read the book and look at my sources, it should

be easy,” Leerhsen said of changing minds. He emphasized that he did not set out to write a pro-Cobb book.

“This is the truth as I found it.”

Leerhsen has been honored by the Society for American Baseball Research with its Baseball Research Award for his book.

“It certifies that I’m telling the truth about Ty Cobb,” Leerhsen said.

The book has been warmly welcomed by folks at Royston’s Ty Cobb Museum.

“Oh, it is major important,” Julie Ridgway of the museum said.

“We’ve been doing our best to paint the more complete ‘real’ picture of Ty Cobb ever since the museum opened, but with so many myths still out there that had taken a life of their own over the

years, many times our voice has not been heard. Many times folks have said we were biased, we wanted to paint a rosy picture of our hometown hero. Now with the credibility of Charles Leerhsen, who took the time in his research to seek out the facts and separate them from the legion, I feel we’ve reached a new level in acceptability in the minds of sports enthusiasts and sports writers. I’ve learned some new facts about Ty Cobb myself through this book.”

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arah Rebecca Hart found herself in the same position many other women find themselves in. She was 40 years old and was weighing in at 220 pounds.

Instead of resigning herself to her situation, she decided to take an aggressive approach to weight loss.

“I just couldn’t get the weight off so I started doing kickboxing,” she said of her decision to join Contemporary Martial Arts in 2009. “I lost 18 pounds

the first month.”

She then started taking instructor Chuck Cawthon’s morning fitness class and the weight continued to fall off. Eventually, she lost a total of 70 pounds.

“One morning in Mr. Chuck’s class, he said, ‘You really hit hard. Let me teach you how to fight.’ And that’s how I started karate,” Hart explained.

Her first amateur fight was in 2010 and on May 23 of this year, Hart earned her black belt.

“It took me six years,” Hart said. “A black belt was not my goal to begin with. I just kept working out and working out and fell in love with it.”

In fact, she loved it so much that earlier this year, the mother

to six began to study judo.

“What I like the most about it is the self-confidence of knowing I can defend myself if need be,” she said.

Hart, however, was not the only middle-aged female who earned a black belt that month.

Fifty-two-year-old Margaret Sanders also accomplished the same feat that same day.

Sanders started her journey when she was 40 and just after the birth of her third child.

“It was just something I had always wanted to do,” Sanders explained. “I knew Chuck was a great teacher and this was a good place to be.”

When she is training, she is in the gym four to six days a week. In addition, she is the lead instructor in CMA’s Little Dragon program and directs play s at the Har t

County Community Theatre.

While Sanders stands only 4 feet, 10 inches tall, Cawthon says that what she lacks in size she makes up for in gumption.

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In June of 2013 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“I was upset for the obvious reasons,” she said. “And I had expected to test for my black belt that December.”

Not only did the diagnosis put an end to her training but, over the course of the summer, Sanders had a couple of un-

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By the end of the summer, it was clear what had to be done.

Although the cancer was in only one breast, Sanders made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy.

“I didn’t want to spend the next 40 years afraid that I was going to get cancer in the other breast,” she said.

Sanders opted to not have reconstructive surgery because of the time it would take to recover. For the mother of three, it was important to get back to training as soon as possible.

She had her surgery on Oct. 1, 2013 and was back to training the week before Thanksgiving.

“The time I was out with my ACL injury and with my cancer, knowing that I had CMA (Contemporary Martial Arts) to come back to, just knowing it was there and I could get back into training was a great motivator.”

Sanders also received support from the Service League’s Nancy Hart Foundation, which provides financial support for local women dealing with cancer.

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While CMA trains mostly childen, Cawthon says there are a number of adults in their late 30s and early 40s who come to train as well.

“I had one man who got his black belt when he was 52,” said the 31-year martial arts veteran. “But, as a whole, the men who start don’t have as much stick-to-itness as the women do. We have women here who have been training 10, 15 years plus.

Lots of men want to be Bruce Lee within a year whereas the women see it more as a lifetime commitment.”

CMA has a total of 18 black belts. According to Cawthon, there are just as many women as men. He sees Hart and Sanders as a good team.

“Rebecca took more to the fighting aspect of martial arts whereas Margaret took more to the cerebral arts side of it. Even though she knows how to teach the fighting techniques and sparring drills, she is more into the teaching element of it,” Cawthon said about the women. “They work well together. I was so proud to have them test together as black belts because they are such a yin and yang pair.”

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The list of notables included Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary W. Black; David Scarborough, chef and owner of “The Local;” state Sen. John Wilkinson; and noted food and wine critic Jane F. Garvey, the holder of a doctorate in romance languages from the University of Georgia and a certified specialist of wine credential from the Society of Wine Educators.

They were all on hand to witness Currahee Vineyard

Currahee Vineyards is located near Toccoa with an up close view of Currahee Mountain. and Winery’s driving spirit, Marvin Dunson, conduct a ceremonial planting of three new varieties of grapes that will serve as “The Cornerstone to the Future,” which just so happened to be the title of the

event.

Dunson planted the grapes on ground that once served as an apple orchard that was started by his parents more than 40 years ago.

Currahee Vineyard and

Winery has released 10 wines throughout its seven-year history.

The first four — Sweet Cheryl, 3 Mile, Golden Harvest and Currahee Rose — were all muscadine wines.

With that approach, Dunson is following a heavily trod path favored by growers in the southeastern United States.

They favor the variety because it has proven resistant to several common fungal diseases.

Currahee Vineyard and Winery added Midnight and Sunset to its growing portfolio in the first quarter of the current year — and more changes are afoot.

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“You are going to see a lot more of this grape in the future,” predicted Garvey, who has written several pieces for Georgia Magazine on the state’s wine industry.

Garvey said the hybrid grape is surprisingly hardy and it’s already in commercial production in Texas,

Florida and Louisiana.

“It’s just being planted now in Georgia,” said Garvey.

What Garvey likes about the wines stemming from Blanc du Bois is that they avoid an undesirable characteristic inherent in many native-grown grapes.

“It doesn’t have that ‘foxiness’ that you associate with American grapes,” she said.

Scarborough observed the wine industry was thriving until the Great Depression of the 1930s “all but wiped it out.”

In the late 1990s and the early years of this century, Scarborough said, grape growers began to reappear in Georgia. Far-seeing individuals such as Dunson are redefining what’s possible in the state wine industry.

“The one thing about

Georgia is that it is (hospitable) to all kinds of grapes,” said Scarborough.

Forrest Connelly, Stephens County Extension Service director, said Currahee Vineyard and Winery, is a Georgia agribusiness success story, pure and simple. What’s more, it provides a template for local entrepreneurs.

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As he and an aunt would tell me about various events and relatives’ names, I started writing them down.

As I grew older, I started researching more information that could show me how far back I could trace our family descendants.

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Some of these books date back to the late 1700s and early 1800s. These books include wills, land grants, and also have ďŹ les on his-

toric buildings, churches, cemeteries, and maps. This treasure of information may often be taken for granted, or not even known that it exists.

Sybil Taylor, a dedicated 92 years young volunteer at the Historical Society, helped us locate various books of records and seemed to enjoy ďŹ nding the

Westbrook name in these books as much as we did.

I am grateful that we have such dedicated people who want to volunteer their time so that others may be able to do their research for family history.

I met two of my brothers, Vic and Bill Westbrook, in Carnesville, to look through several of these books of re-

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Stephen was a captain in the Wilkes County Militia during the Revolutionary War. There is a high probability that he participated in the Battle at Kettle Creek, along with many other significant Revolutionary War battles.

Part of his compensation for being a captain was a land grant of 690 acres between the Commerce and Carnesville areas.

His gravesite is located in the Historic Westbrook Family Cemetery on Westbrook Road.

Bill, Vic and Charles Westbrook stand with Franklin County Historical Society volunteer Sybil Taylor during a visit last week to the society’s research center in the basement of the Franklin County Commissioner’s Office in Carnesville.

It is also reported that Stephens Creek is named for Stephen Westbrook after his horse slipped down a muddy bank, and Stephen fell into the creek water.

As a result of someone’s past research, there were directions posted on the Internet on where to find the Westbrook Cemetery.

Even though this is a historical location with several other Westbrook family members, along with a few non-related names who have long passed away, this cemetery still exists and requires periodical maintenance.

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drove to the Westbrook Cemetery to clear the areas containing the cemetery headstones.

After several years of neglect, there were many low hanging limbs to be cut back, tall grasses and weeds to be cut and trimmed away from the headstones, small trees to be cut and removed, and poison ivy to be watched out for. My brothers and I decided we would contribute our time and tools to help clear this cemetery so the aged stone markers and headstones could be seen once again.

While at the Westbrook Cemetery, we had arranged to meet a cousin, Trish Westbrook, considered to be about a fourth cousin in a family line progression.

Trish and her husband, Terry, also assisted with the cemetery cleanup, and has

family members buried at this location. She has also published family history information on the Internet, and has close friends and land owners in this same area.

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ampsite hosts Brian and Lisa Beasley want to dispel the notion that Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area, (formerly Hart State Park) is closed.

“There have been misconceptions about the campground and park being closed,” Beasley said. “Every week, at

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least a handful of people drive through the park who have heard it is closed, had become run down, or was unsafe.”

Beasley said that is not the case at all. The city of Hartwell is trying to buy the recreation area so that it can lease it to a to-be-determined company in hopes of making improvements.

“We don’t know what is going to happen with the rec-

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reation center, but we do know that it is a very safe and family-friendly environment, currently,” Beasley said. “Campers mostly come from the Hart, Franklin, and Madison counties are repeats, which makes for a safer environment for everyone.”

Various activities await campers who choose to visit the recreation center. Those include, fishing, swimming,

boating, corn hole, water sports, jet skies, tubing, and just relaxing for the day.

“The best thing for anyone interested in seeing what Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area has to offer is to just come out here and check it out,” Beasley said.

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“Family is why we continue to come up here and go camping,” McCurley said.“We also really missed the lake and were growing tired of going to the beach.”

McCurley did mention that the former state park was not without its flaws.

“They need to do something to make the park better,” McCurley said.

“This place is a gem and they need to do something to start taking better care of it. We have been

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McCurley suggested adding 50-75 camping spaces and cleaning up around the edge of the lake.

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Another family that has been coming to the camground for years is Dennis and Judy Huff from the Athens area.

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out, and fishing.

“We generally come here for a couple of weeks during the summer,” Huff said. We have been here since Memorial Day and will probably stay another week or so.”

Huff mentioned some improvements the recreation center could make including adding more activities for children.

“This area is so family friendly and so many families have children,” Huff said.

“They use to have all sorts of activities for kids, but they don’t do that as much now.

Huff said improvements can always been made, but his family is sticking with the recreation center.

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FRANKLIN COUNTY CARNESVILLE Friday, August 21st Back to School Summer Fest

In conjunction with the school, community and Step of Faith, the City of Carnesville is pleased to announce our second annual Back to

School Summer Fest. This exciting event will be held in the city park from 6:008:00 pm. Entertainment and activities will begin at 6:00 pm. All activities will be free.

Activities will be: Inatables, Face Painting, Crazy Hair, Balloons, Popcorn, Snow Cones. Backpacks and T-shirts will be given away through out the evening (limited supply).

September 11th & 12th Carnesville Fair and Festival Come join the City of Carnesville for our 25th Annual Carnesville Fair and Festival. Fair starts on Friday night at 5:00 pm. Arts and

Saturday, Decmeber 5th Christmas Parade and Party in the Park

Crafts all day Saturday. Lots of food and live music all day Saturday.

Thursday, December 3rd Carnesville Christmas Tree Lighting

Santa once again will be around for the parade as well as pictures in the park in the afternoon.

LAVONIA Come join us as we sing carols, light the tree and enjoy s’mores roasted over the ďŹ re.

Saturday, September 26 Lavonia Fall Festival 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the downtown streets of East and West Main streets. Arts, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, local honey and beeswax

Saturday, December 5th Carnesville Christmas Breakfast Come See Santa at City Hall!

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ROYSTON June 18 - September 10 Royston Farmer’s Market 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. For more information contact Royston Main Street Program at 706-245-7577 Saturday, October 10 Royston Fall Festival 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. For more information contact Royston Main Street Program at 706-245-7577

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Sunday, December 13 Royston Christmas Parade

Ongoing: 4th Thursday of every Month Dancin’ Downtown Sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority. 7-9 p.m. at the Art Center. $5 per person. Beer, wine and soft drinks available for donation. All singles and couples invited to this crash course in all types of Dance! Ballroom, shag, swing, free style, latin, line and more offered. Join in and get the moves for Dancin’ on Depot, the Beach Party in August at the Marina, … and in case we get invited

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Classes will be taught by Tammy Hutchinson, Founder of The Cotillion Group, an Atlanta Tradition for 30 years!

Thursday, September 10 Open Mic Night at the Savannah River Playhouse, Hartwell.

September 26th - 3rd Annual Farm Fest 9-3pm at the BELL FAMILY YMCA field. This event celebrates everything home grown, hand picked, and hand made. Crafts, Produce, Plants, Games, Rides, lots of Kids activities, Music and More.

Attention: Farmers, Crafters, and Farm related displays. If you are interested in joining us for FARM FEST, please

give us a call. Contact: Hart County Chamber of Commerce 706-376-8590 or hartchamber@hartcom.net for an application. The cost is $35 for a vendor sales booth.

Over 2,800 people come out and enjoy the day. You don’t want to miss it! Presented by Hart County Chamber of Commerce.

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Saturday, October 3rd Hartwell Helps Expo 8:30am -11:30am at the YMCA in Hartwell. This free event is a great place to get details on how the non-profit organizations of Hartwell can help its citizens and how volunteers can sign up to help. Call 770-925-7202 with questions.

Thursday, October 22 Original Play by Kay Legg at the Savannah River Playhouse, Hartwell.

October 24 & 25 New Play Festival at the Rock Gym in Elberton, produced by the Savannah River Playhouse. Plays will be announced closer to dates.

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Tuesday, November 24th 6PM - Christmas Tree Lighting and Visit with Santa Take some extra time and stroll through our downtown stores. Our merchants have what you need for your holiday gift list and you can enjoy our small town pace!

Please come join us for any and all of the events that we sponsor throughout the year.

They are all family-friendly and a great way to entertain family and friends!

STEPHENS COUNTY October 1 - 4 Currahee Military Weekend This special weekend, highlighting the brave men who fought in WWII, begins with the movie showing of Saving Private Ryan and ending with a special visit of the renovated Norfolk Southern steam engine.

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Community Events Friday, October 30 Children’s Costume Parade Downtown Toccoa 10:00 a.m.

November 7 - 8 Toccoa Harvest Festival

Celebrate fall in beautiful historic downtown Toccoa at this free outdoor festival. Enjoy music and dancing while taking in smells of fall mingling with roasting peanuts, mulling spices, and regional and international foods! There will be more than 150 craft and food

vendors. All crafts will be “homemade, home baked, or home grown”. There are free buggy rides as well as a variety of activities for children.

Don’t miss this familyfriendly event. Hours are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. www.mainstreettoccoa.com, 706.282.3309

Live Music Weekly in Hartwell Cateechee Waterfall Grille Lounge Every Friday Night - 140 Cateechee Trail, Hartwell. Beginning in May Cateechee is hosting a live band of local talent.

The High Cotton/ Bluegrass Express Every Saturday Night The Bluegrass Express has been host to some of the best Bluegrass Entertainment in the region and beyond. All shows are on Saturday night.

For more information visit the Bluegrass Express website: http://thebluegrassexpress. wordpress.com/schedule/ The Bluegrass Express is located at 57 Depot Street in downtown Hartwell Ga. and has been in continuous operation on Saturday nights for more than 27 years, featuring some of the best local and regional bluegrass bands available.

The event is a family friendly event; no smoking or alcohol at the Bluegrass

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Admission is only $7.00 per person (12 and under free).

Doors open at 5:30pm and the show starts at 7:00pm The Swamp Guinea Bar and Grill Every Saturday night The Swamp has some of the best fish and fixin’s around and every Saturday night a different band. This family owned restaurant has been a Hartwell favorite for over 40 years, open Wed.-Saturday from 4pm on.Guest Bands start at 8:30pm. They are located at 1615 Reed Creek Highway 51, Hartwell and you can call to see who is playing at 706376-5105.N

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