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Check out the merchandise available at Alley’s Store
Please remember to stop by Alley’s ol’ Store at:
8476 Old 441 S in Lakemont, GA 30552
To check out the latest merchandise with the Lake Rabun Association logo!
‘Happiness farms’ raises funds for breast cancer research along with flowers
Recently, several LRA members took a field trip to Zinnia Happiness Farms in Tiger, Georgia. Their visit was was featured on the Today Show with Hoda and Jenna.
The “farm”, run by Tommy and Collin Lines sells “you pick” zinnia and herb bouquets for $10 each. All proceeds are donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation because they double all gifts each October.
More information on Zinnia Happiness Farms may be found at:
https://zinniahappinessfarms.com
2022 LRA Calendar of Events
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2022 LRA Officers & Trustees
2022 LRA Officers
President: Dick Newkirk
Vice President: Connie Thompson
Secretary: Pat Hickey
CFO: Anita Pittman
2022 LRA Board of Trustees
Connie Thompson Chairman (1) | Susan Hamilton (3) |
Victoria Anderson (2) | Paynter Higgins (2) |
David Bellaire (3) | Collin Lines (3) |
Carolyn Brown (3) | Carl Llewellyn (3) |
Alex Clay (2) | Maurice Rosenbaum (1) |
Jeff Cohen (2) | Mary Turner Troutman (2) |
Neal Creech (1) | Susan Wilkerson (2) |
Keith Davidson (1) | Jack Wintle (2) |
( ) denotes number of years remaining to serve.
2021 Whippoorwill Award Recipient
HELEN FUNK MCSWAIN
Without Helen McSwain’s efforts the Centennial Book would not have been the same beautiful coffee table book that we have now. Helen’s family has been on Lake Rabun since the 1930s and she knows everyone that has old pictures of the lake. She scheduled appointments and went to house after house to scan photos – carrying her own laptop and flat bed scanner. Helen taught herself to use Photoshop and improved the quality of many of the photos she had scanned so we could use them. She also learned to colorize them. Bob and I benefited from her skill because she colorized two black and white photos of us from the 1960s.
Helen helped with the research for old Lake Rabun Families like the Rutherford, Lipscomb, Hodgson families on ‘Witham Point. Helen is the one that figured out that Laura Jacquelin Rutherford Lipscomb was called Lamar of “Ms. Lamar’s Hill” and who Lamar Alley was named for.
She worked with Barbara, Mary Cobb, and me to choose pictures for the DVD. She was the one that really knew what pictures we had, and she was a huge help as we were looking for the final pictures for the Centennial book. By the way, it was Helen that introduced us to Laurie Shock who created our book.
Since she retired from her OB-GYN practice, Helen has served on the Board of Trustees, coordinated the clean-up of Minnehaha Falls, been a member of the Lake Rabun photo team, joined the kayaking group. (She painted a wonderful picture of the kayaking group.)
Helen has loved and supported Lake Rabun all her life. She is very deserving of the Whippoorwill Award.
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