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While several agencies tend to the needs of people in natural disasters, local humane societies and other volunteer relief agencies step in to help the animals.
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Tim Dixon Frontline staff at Exeter’s Nightingale hospital with their gift bags - Credit: Paul Dimond Branscombe Brewery owner Paul Dimond answered a call for help from daughter-in-law Sharon Pavey when she needed someone to deliver hundreds of goodwill bags to NHS staff on the coronavirus frontline. Paul, who stopped brewing his famous ales when lockdown restrictions saw pubs and bars forced to shut, made himself and the brewery’s van available to support Sharon’s Thank You Exeter NHS appeal. Fundraiser Sharon Pavey and driver Paul Dimond deliver gift bags to NHS staff at Exeter’s Ni...
Column: Oakwood man recalls 57 years of funeral rites Johnny Vardeman Charles Townsend of Oakwood completed a 57-year career as a funeral director, serving most of that time with Ward’s Funeral Home on South Main Street in Gainesville. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Sid Townsend, who was associated with Ward’s for years. That many years in any business, one can accumulate a lot of memories and stories. The one that stands out for Charles Townsend is the familiar “Lady of the Lake,” as was called the mystery of two Hall County women ...