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	A look back at Salzburger families Historic Effingham will participate in the Labor Day at Ebenezer: A Festival of Families on Monday. Genealogy workshops, family exhibits, an old photo display of 19th century Salzburger and other German families of Effingham County (provided by Historic Effingham Society), wagon rides for the kids, the Marktplatz (an old-style working market place), the traditional lemonade barrel, craft demonstrations, the GSS Museum, the Old Salzburger House, and Euchees from Oklahoma — all this and more promise a ... Read Article »
	A gift for Braves fan Lynell History is made every day. Although this is not an old story, I feel this story is heartwarming and we all need to record moments when the human spirit triumphs in the face of tragedy through the kindness of family. Lynell Arnsdorff Andrews was born in 1960 with cerebral palsy and has been confined to a wheelchair most of her life. From a young age, she became an avid Braves fan whether they were winning ... Read Article »
	Remembering Effingham Principal Ross Rountree Ross Lee Rountree was born on Oct. 18, 1916, as the sixth of eight children to Virgil Payne Rountree and Isabel Durden Rountree. He grew up on his parents’ farm in Twin City, going on to graduate from Emmanuel County Institute. Ross went to the University of Georgia to play freshman football but left after a back injury and returned home to farm for a year. After discovering that farming was not for him, he enlisted ... Read Article »