Sprint Honors Creekview Student

1. Canton resident Sean Andreassen was named a 2011 Sprint Youth Community Champion for his volunteer efforts with the Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia. "Andreassen is an avid volunteer with Habitat for Humanity who assists with framing, siding, painting and any other projects that need to be done," Habitat's Kristyn Johnson said in a news release. "Andreassen became so involved with the program that he even started a Habitat for Humanity club at – a club that grew to more than 40 members. Andreassen has helped to raise over $8,000 this year for a Habitat home that he and his fellow Habitat Club members will help to build."

The Sprint Foundation awarded a $1,250 grant to Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia, Andreassen's designated charity.

2. boys and girls varsity basketball teams started the Cherokee County Tip-Off Classic with wins Monday night against the . Photographer Greg Spell captured the games on film. Click to flip through his gallery.

Tonight, the Tip-Off Classic will continue at . Cherokee will face  and Creekview will face .

3. Canton's Savanah Rose Manos, an eighth-grade honors student at K12 International Academy, has been selected to perform in the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. For details, click .

4. Before you start prepping that Thanksgiving bird, Cherokee County personal chef has a few .

5. Maybe you just prefer for someone else to do the cooking for you? At 6 a.m., we'll have a running list of local eateries that will be open on Thanksgiving Day. We'll also include a list of local businesses that will be open on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday.

For all of our Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday coverage, go to our topics page.