Over the past 30 years as an extension agent, I have received tens of thousands of questions related to lawn and garden care. Just when I think I have heard every question possible, there is a new one. Read More

I am one of those rare people who actually uses their cell phone to talk. I will text and take photos of Cole to send Mama, but I would say about 90 percent of the time, I just talk. Read More

There's a difference between city folk and small town folk. Even though I love some of the conveniences that a bigger city offers, I am a country girl at heart that loves living in a small town. Read More

This Friday is Arbor Day. At 3:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park, three new Dawson County Champion Trees and one new State Champion Tree from Dawson County will be announced. Also, at the event, River Birch trees will be planted to honor the 2011 Tree Preservationist. The public is welcome. Read More

I've never been a big fan of Valentine's Day. Sometimes, I wish I could be - to be able to get caught up in the romance, the pink and red heart-shaped everything, the cards covered with sugary rhymes professing love. Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jamison of Cordova, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelley Jamison, to Chad Cunningham. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rory Cunningham of Dawsonville. The bride-elect is a graduate of Evangelical Christian School in Cordova. She attended The University of Tennessee and earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and fashion merchandising from The Univeristy of Memphis. Read More

Mr. and Mrs. John Byard and Mrs. Lisa Carr of Dawsonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Kaitlin Devere Byard to Logan Spencer Timothy Walls, son of the late Mr. William Sanders Walls and Torina Walls and Wyatt Bales of Dawsonville. Kaitlin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. She presently attends Fordham University in Manhattan, N.Y. and is pursuing her master's degree in special education ... Read More

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dorman of Dawsonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Bethany Joy Dorman, to Brandon Robert Loggins. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Loggins of Dahlonega. Read More

Mr. and Mrs. John Everett Davis announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Ann Davis to Justin Harold Picklesimer. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Picklesimer. Read More