🌱 Where to grab your 2026 animal shelter discount card in Lavonia

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• Where to grab your 2026 animal shelter discount card in Lavonia

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 58 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 55, low: 40.
• Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2026 Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter Discount Cards Now Available (921wlhr.com) — You can now pick up 2026 Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter discount cards right at the shelter on Bear Creek Road in Lavonia, with all proceeds supporting local animal care and adoptions. The $15 cards offer a year of reusable discounts at 32 area businesses in Franklin and Hart counties, and the shelter is also running half-price December adoptions for already-fixed dogs.
   

📸 Around Lavonia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lavonia

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Welcome Table Gathering - Carnesville, GA
  Bokma Coffee Company, 9563 Lavonia Rd, Carnesville
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Drive in Movie
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Rd , Lavonia
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Ranger Mini Golf
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  1:00 pm
• Radical Reptiles
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  5:00 pm
• Christmas craft
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Explore the Nature Hut
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Survival 101
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Ryan LittleEagle
  Southern Hart Brewing Company , 350 E Howell St , Hartwell
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Hand-Painted Holiday Wrapping Workshop
  338 E Howell St , Hartwell
  10:00 am
• Christmas at the Inn
  Traveler's Rest Historic Site , 4339 Riverdale Road , Toccoa
  12:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Ranger Mini Golf
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  1:00 pm
• Radical Reptiles
  Tugaloo State Park , 1763 Tugaloo State Park Road , Lavonia
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I have 2 female pups needing a new home.
  They were born 06/03/2025...they are small dogs. They have had their first shot and dewormed! I also have a full blooded male border Collie that… (Nextdoor Gumlog)
• Does anyone have a swivel chair or a comfy chair thats not real wide they don't want or need anymore?
  I'm in desperate need of one.thanks and GOD BLESS. (Nextdoor Gumlog)

• WorkSmart Staffing posted a job opening for Shipping & Receiving / Inventory Clerk in Lavonia. Apply here.
• Ascend Staffing posted a job opening for 1st Forklift operator - $15hr in Lavonia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lavonia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hartwell

• Ninja: Beautiful Terrier Mix Hoping Someone Will Bring Him Home for Christmas (921wlhr.com)
• Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Announces 25-Race Slate for 2026; Now Pays $15,000 for Champion - St. Louis Racing (stlracing.com)

Toccoa

• Monday, December 15, 2025 (wnegradio.com)
• Who is Tim Richter? Toccoa Riverside Restaurant owner under fire as mom alleges viral video shows being booted from restaurant over breast feeding (primetimer.com)
• Lady Indians Win 2nd Straight (wnegradio.com)

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