Welcome to Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. In this episode, we speak with our smallest “staff member” at The Oconee Enterprise, Mary Louise Prochaska, daughter of co-publishers Michael and Amanda Prochaska, to learn all about her favorite things! We hope you will join us again next year to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

Welcome to Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. In this episode, we speak with former Sports Editor at The Oconee Enterprise, Justin Hubbard, about his experience at the Tupelo Two Elvis Tribute Artist Show at the Oconee County Civic Center on November 22. We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

Welcome to Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. In this episode, we speak with President and Founder of Stearns Retirement Group, Dave Stearns, about how he got into retirement planning and what he wants people to know about planning for retirement. You can find more information on Stearns Retirement Group at www.stearnsretirementgroup.com. For a free consultation, call Stearns Retirement Group at 706-769-3346 or 888-769-3346 and tell them you listened to this episode. Dave’s podcast, “The Retirement Income Show with Dave Stearns” can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-retirement-income-show-with-dave-stearns/id1718937774

We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

The thirty-first episode of “Oconee’s Own” is available now on all podcast platforms! In this special episode, we speak with some of the staff at The Oconee Enterprise about what they are grateful for this Holiday Season. You can find this week’s episode at the link in our bio. We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

Welcome to Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. In this episode, we speak with the Founder of the Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation, Kim Keegan, about how the Foundation began, what the Foundation does and their upcoming campaigns. From now until December 17, people can select tags from the Foundation’s Angel Trees at Orange Theory and Club Pilates at Beechwood, as well as The Mark. The Foundation will have a birthday celebration for Ashton at Small Cakes on January 24th. You can find the Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation at https://ashtonhopekeeganfoundation.org/. You can email Kim at ashtonhopekeeganfoundation@gmail.com or call her at 660-233-2512. We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

Welcome to the special Veterans Day episode of Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. Today and always, we honor the service of our Veterans and thank them for their sacrifice. In this episode, we speak with Air Force Colonel Ed Keegan about his service. You can find the Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation at https://ashtonhopekeeganfoundation.org/. We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

Welcome to Oconee's Own, a podcast production of The Oconee Enterprise. In this episode, we speak with the Area Churches Together Serving Co-Chairman Randy Dawson about what they do, their donation needs, how ACTS works and more. You can find their Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/ACTSOconee/. The ACTS Distribution Center is located at 130 East Thompson Street, Bogart, Georgia. The distribution center is open to serve clients and accept donations every Tuesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Their Can-a-thon with Oconee County Schools starts on November 3 and ends on November 14. ACTS will sort Can-a-thon donations on November 21. Their Thanksgiving distribution day will be November 18 and they will be closed on November 28 following Thanksgiving. They will be accepting toy donations to be distributed on December 5. Their Christmas food distribution will be on December 19. ACTS will be closed on December 26 and January 2. To contact ACTS distribution center, call (770) 725-2330 or email Randy at randyd@uga.edu. Monetary contributions to ACTS can be sent to the attention of ACTS Treasurer at P.O. Box 638 in Watkinsville, Georgia 30677. We hope you will join us each Tuesday to learn more about Oconee’s own community members. For questions about sponsoring an episode, podcast commercials or general podcast questions, please email Podcast@OconeeEnterprise.com.

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