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Smile Report: Armuchee High earns Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award

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=&0=&Media release: Armuchee High School has been selected to receive a Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award for the school community’s superior efforts at displaying good sportsmanship over the past year. read more Read more

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Smile Report: Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Cosmetology program share talents with William S. Davies Homeless Shelter

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Media release: Students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Cosmetology program on the Floyd County Campus recently volunteered their time and talent to the William S. Davies Homeless Shelter in Rome. The students provided free haircuts to people in need during Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday as part of an initiative developed by Southern Company to… Read more

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Smile Report: Exchange Club presents a gift of $20,000 to the Family Resource Center.

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The Exchange Club of Rome presents a gift of $20,000 to the Exchange Club Family Resource Center from the proceeds of the 2015 Coosa Valley Fair. The Family Resource Center, nationally accredited, was created by the Rome Exchange Club 25 years ago to help meet the needs of child abuse prevention in Rome and Floyd County. … Read more

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Smile Report: Unity Christian raises $368,000 in ‘Gift of Unity Challenge’

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Media release: In October, a group of donors pledged a matching gift of $110,000 to Unity Christian School to encourage support for the school’s fundraising efforts. The challenge gift was a catalyst for donations far beyond expectations. Not only did the school receive donations in excess of the $110,000 needed to receive the original pledges,… Read more

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Smile Report: Rome High’s Emily Jarvis donates $1000 to Floyd with her Em Bands proceeds

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Rome High freshman Emily Jarvis donated $1,000 to the Floyd Healthcare Foundation this week with proceeds from her Pretty Little Em Things, her line of unique headbands called Em Bands. Floyd Healthcare Foundation will use the money to help the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) purchase new Giraffe Omnibeds for preemies. Click here to read Hometown Headlines’… Read more

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Smile Report: Gordon EMS names EMT and Paramedic of the Year

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Media release: Members of the Gordon EMS team were recently honored at the 2015 Gordon EMS Service Awards Banquet held at Trinity Baptist Church. According to Courtney Taylor, director of Gordon EMS, among the 11 categories of awards presented during the evening were the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) of the Year Award, which was presented… Read more

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Smile Report: In its seventh year, Darlington student’s ‘Warm and Cozy Tree’ helping those in need

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Media release: There is one Christmas tree in Polk County that’s shining a little brighter than the rest these days. The reason for that might not be what you expect. There are no extra lights – in fact, there are no lights at all on this tree — and no strands of glittery tinsel. Instead of… Read more

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Smile Report: Berry College welcomes 62 new graduates

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Berry College officials welcomed 62 new graduates on Friday. Last Name Preferred Name Latin Honors Degree Major(s) City State   Amrit Priam BS Psychology Perry GA   Bauer Katie Magna Cum Laude BSH Animal Science Plano TX   Blot Alain EDS Educational Leadership Kennesaw GA   Boyd Justin BS Biology Conyers GA   Bradford Liz… Read more

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Smile Report: Coosa Valley Credit Union makes $1,000 donation to Toys for Tots

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Media release: Coosa Valley Credit Union has made a $1,000 donation in the name of the company groups it serves to the Toys for Tots foundation to help support their 2015 campaign. Robert Smyth, assistant vice president of marketing, said: “The Toys for Tots foundation is one of our favorite groups. Not only do they make… Read more

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Smile Report: Georgia Power Foundation presents $5,000 to Exchange Club Family Resource Center

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Toni Jackson Hannah, (right) Regional External Affairs Manager at Georgia Power, on behalf of the Georgia Power Foundation Inc., presents Robin Hice, (left) Board President, and Tina Bartleson, (center) Director of the Exchange Club Family Resource Center with a check for $5,000. The grant will support the child abuse prevention programs of the Family Resource Center for… Read more

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Smile Report: Redmond nurse Angie Terry wins fourth quarter DAISY Award

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Media release: Redmond Regional Medical Center announces that Angie Terry, RN (Oncology) is the fourth quarter recipient of The DAISY Award at Redmond Regional Medical Center. The DAISY Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes. The foundation recognizes nurses for examples of extraordinary care through the presentation of The DAISY Award.… Read more

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Smile Report: Armuchee eighth-graders win at Regional Technology Fair

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Media release: Five Armuchee Middle eighth-grade students took home awards in three categories during the 4th Annual Northwest Regional Technology Fair last week. More than 300 students in grades 3 through 12 submitted 190 projects this year in the fair held at Georgia Highlands College. read more Read more

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Smile Report: Unity Christian School’s Young America’s Foundation honored by national organization

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Members of the national offices of the Young Americas Foundation traveled to Rome on Sunday to meet with the members of the Young American’s for Freedom chapter at Unity Christian School. Recent events planned by students at Unity caught the attention of national organizers, and they decided to take the time to meet those responsible.… Read more

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Smile Report: 3 Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy students earn honors at Career Technical Instruction Fall Leadership Conference

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Media release: Three students from the Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy brought home honors from the recent Career Technical Instruction Fall Leadership Conference held at Stone Mountain on Nov. 19. The three placed in components of the Quiz Bowl – one of the most popular events at the conference. Matthew Towe, a senior… Read more

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Smile Report: GNTC’s Kim Whitlock earns first GED diploma awarded at Adult Learning Center in Fairmount

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Media release: Kim Whitlock recently became the first student to earn a GED® diploma through Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Adult Learning Center located in the Fairmount Community Center. “It was an awesome feeling being the first one to graduate from here,” said Whitlock. “Knowing that I needed to do better, for my husband and my… Read more

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