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Lake Oconee Humane Society Board President Barbara Gniewek (left) and Central Georgia USA Pickleball Ambassador Kelley Chitwood joined in making the announcement April 18, of raising more than $11,000 for animal care and advocacy in Lake Country. IAN TOCHER/ Staff

Kyle Cullars (center, holding scissors) completes the ribbon cutting for Surcheros, a new Tex-Mex restaurant alongside Hwy. 44, near the Thunder Pointe neighborhood on Lake Oconee. IAN TOCHER/Staff

L-R: Dr. Tyler Franks, Dennis Ruff, Greene County SOTM Jailen Ruff, Shanaye Ruff, and Dennis Ruff Jr. CONTRIBUTED

“Stand Strawng,” Brian Danson’s welded metal sculpture, is his contribution to “Reimagine: Contemporary Georgia Artists, Georgia’s State Art Collection,” a traveling exhibition appearing April 20 to May 29 at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art. CONTRIBUTED

More than 130 golfers turned out April 13 for the annual “Teeing Up for Kids” Golf Tournament, a day centered on both competition and community impact. CONTRIBUTED

The Cuscowilla Fore Good Tournament Steering Committee and Habitat for Humanity of Putnam team celebrated a successful tournament, raising more than $134,000 for HFHP’s planned Carter Crossing affordable housing development. CONTRIBUTED

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L-R: Neighbors Helping Neighbors board member and Beds for Kidz volunteer Ted Duty, NHN Executive Director Allyn Rippin, Ace Home Center co-owner Ted Callaway, NHN President Bob Massey, and Beds for Kidz Director Stu Scherer. CONTRIBUTED

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