What’s Wrong With My Roses? By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent The past couple of weeks I have been getting questions about problems with roses, in particular knockout roses. Knockout roses were selected and developed to be disease resistant and prolific bloomers. For the most part they have lived up to their name and generally […]
Read More »House Speaker David Ralston Wins!
sos.ga.gov State Representative, District 7 – REP = County Reporting County DAVID RALSTON (I) SAM SNIDER Total Dawson 334 143 477 Fannin 3583 1729 5,312 Gilmer 2632 1496 4,128 Total: 6,549 3,368 9,917
Read More »GCSO Arrest Report 5/16 to 5/22
The Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. 50-18-70) allows for www.fetchyournews.com to obtain and post the arrest records of any and all individuals arrested in Gilmer County. Those arrests are posted on www.fetchyournews.com for viewing pleasure. Please remember that all individuals listed have been arrested and charged, however, they are presumed innocent until guilt has been […]
Read More »Diagnosing an Illness
Opinion by George McClellan: Some well meaning blog writers on conservative subjects fail to grasp the true nature of America’s eclipse. They have bought into the left’s message that a good life through government assistance is possible. They compare the changes America is now experiencing to an aging process folks encounter as they grow older […]
Read More »Mrs. Margaret Conklin Bradburn: Obituary
Mrs. Margaret Conklin Bradburn age 86 of Ellijay died Monday May 23, 2016. Mrs. Bradburn was born November 20, 1929 in Burlington, NC the daughter of the late Alton and Irene Secrest Conklin. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. Her parents, husband, Arnold Bradburn, Sr. and brothers; Alton, Jr, Bobby and Butch […]
Read More »Impeachment(s)
Opinion by George McClellan: I don’t mind giving kudos when they are deserved. In my last essay, I mentioned detecting some twitch of movement in what has long been considered an inert and moribund life form, the GOP congress. Apparently, the House Oversight and Reform Committee, chaired by Jason Chaffetz, the House Freedom Caucus, chaired […]
Read More »Mrs. Nancy Lorene Postell: Obituary
Mrs .Lorene Postell, age 80, of Ellijay GA, died Sunday May 22, 2016. Mrs. Postell was born May 4, 1936 in Fannin County GA, the daughter of late Fair Banks Jones and Effie Earley Jones. She was a homemaker and member of the Liberty Baptist Church. Mrs. Postell was preceded in death by: parents and […]
Read More »Mrs. Patsy Ramsey: Obituary
Mrs. Patsy Ramsey Cook age 76 of Ellijay, GA died Sunday May 22, 2016. Mrs. Cook was born October 15, 1939 in Cobb County to the late Charles and Elizabeth Parnell Ramsey. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ellijay and a High School Graduate. Survivors Include: husband, Charles Cook, of the […]
Read More »BOC Public Hearing Notice “Commercial River Outfitting in the Unincorporated Areas of the County”
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the Georgia Constitution Article IX, Section II, Paragraph 1, et seq., the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners propose to adopt an ordinance known as “Commercial River Outfitting in the Unincorporated Areas of the County”; to provide for an effective date of said ordinance; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other […]
Read More »Mrs. Suzanne Elaine Bach Famolaro: Obituary
Mrs. Suzanne Elaine Bach Famolaro, age 67 of the Coosawattee community, Ellijay, Georgia passed on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper, Georgia. Mrs. Famolaro was born September 6, 1948 in New York, New York to her late parents Max D. and Eva Moses Bach. Suzanne worked as a beautician for […]
Read More »Mrs. Flora Garza: Obituary
Mrs. Flora Garza age 56 of Ellijay GA, died Saturday May 21, 2016. Mrs. Flora Garza was born August 11, 1959 Frezno California. She was the daughter of Anastasio Garza and Aurora Munoz. Survivers include: Husband, Angel Nicto, daughters: Erka Dela-Garza, Merietta, Joonna Dela Garza, Ellijay, And Yahara Dela-Garza, Texas. The Family will meet with […]
Read More »A Peril of Our Own Making
Opinion by George McClellan: Our dilemma is trying to understand the how and why our constitutional republic does not function the way as was originally laid out in the US Constitution. The answer is that politicians have meddled with it at a time when no one was apparently looking. First, the 16th amendment, ratified in […]
Read More »Gilmer BOC Special Called Meeting Announcement & Agenda
GILMER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2016 TIME: 9:00AM LOCATION: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONFERENCE ROOM 1 Broad Street Ellijay, GA 30540 AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE III. AGENDA APPROVAL IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – NONE V. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Approval of Resolution Authorizing the Chairman to Execute the Agreement for […]
Read More »Escaping the Sheepfold
Opinion by George McClellan: The potential disaster for the GOP is already beginning to reveal itself. America is no longer government of the people, by the people, or for the people instead, it has become government of, by and for the politicians who believe it is their right to remain there, at least until they […]
Read More »Mrs. Sally Ann Fohrman: Obituary
Mrs. Sally Ann Fohrman, 75, of Ellijay, died Friday, May 20, 2016. She was born February 17, 1941 in Waukesha, Wisconsin to the late Mitchel and Julia Louella Welch. She was an honorable wife, cherished mother, beloved grandmother, and admired great-grandmother. Sally Ann was a spirited, vibrant woman of beauty who had a hunger for […]
Read More »Equating Christians With Nazis
Opinion by John Tutten: Harvard University, our nation’s oldest institute of higher learning, was founded in the year 1636. It received its name from its first benefactor, a young pastor named John Harvard, who upon his death bequeathed his library and half his estate to the university. The fact that Harvard was originally founded by […]
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