*Registration is underway for the South Hall Rotary Club's annual Awesome 80s 5K in downtown Flowery Branch. For more information or to register visit https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/FloweryBranch/SouthHallRotary5K.
*Click here for Red Cross blood donation opportunities in northeast Georgia August 16-31.
*Karen Peck and New River, a five-time Grammy Award-nominated Southern Gospel group, will perform at Jackson EMC's Annual Meeting Thursday, Sept. 27, at the headquarters in Jefferson. Registration for the meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.
*Emily Neidle of Clayton, fourth-grade teacher at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, spent a month in Italy this summer as a teaching fellow for the Spoleto Study Abroad Program. The program offers teaching fellowships to four consortium school faculty members who have been teaching in their respective schools for three years or less.
*The Arts Council in Gainesville is closing its 2018 Summer MusicFest with The Swingin' Medallions on Saturday, August 18. The concert will take place on the lawn of The Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center at 8 pm; gates will open at 6 pm for picnickers. For tickets call 770.534.2787 or visit www.TheArtsCouncil.net.
*Click here for the weekly update from the Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association.
*Applications are now being accepted for Suwanee's Citizens Police Academy which provides area residents with a hands-on glimpse behind the badge. The 10-week program will be offered on Monday evenings, September 10-November 13, from 6:30-9:00 pm. Applications are available at suwanee.com. Notarized applications are due September 6 at 5 pm.
*Donnie Bennett has been selected to serve as the 2018 Fundraising/Finance Drive Chairman for the State YMCA of Georgia in Habersham County. The Finance Drive is currently underway to support the State YMCA program in middle and high schools in Georgia through Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y, and Co-ed "Y" Clubs.
