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Community November 15, 2006
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Animal fundraiser a 'scary' success
     The First Annual Halloween Costume Contest for Canine and Felines fundraiser for the John Todd, Jr. Good Samaritan Fund was held on October 21st 2006 at Lake Chatuge Animal Hospital in Young Harris. The John Todd Jr. Good Samaritan Memorial Fund is a pet memorial fund, which is used to help families
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Dealing with Diabetes
Helping Each Other
     On a recent plane trip the stewardess surprised me by announcing she would not serve the usual peanuts, because there were children on the plane with peanut allergy. No one seemed to object at all. I amused myself by imagining other announcements. There's a newly-sober alcoholic on the plane, so we
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Hayesville Elementary Honor Roll
     3rd Grade Honor Roll                   All A's
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Dr. Larson thanked for 20 years of medical service
     Peachtree Internal Medicine and Murphy Medical Center join together to congratulate and express appreciation to Jeff Larson, MD, for his 20 years of medical service to the community. Dr. Larson, an internist with Peachtree Internal Medicine, started his medical career at Murphy Medical Center on Nov
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Education is personal for TCCC instructor
     For Tri-County Community College chemistry instructor Ronnie Whitener, education isn't a means to an end, it's something you do for life.
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Dixie Divas
Oh, beautiful language, where forth art thou?
With Rhonda Rich
     Lately, I've found myself in mourning over the escalating loss of something that clearly distinguished the South from the rest of America's regions for over 200 years.
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MMC Foundation receives major donation from UCB
     On Thursday the Murphy Medical Center Foundation was graciously presented with its first major gift from United Community Bank in support of the hospital's Emergency Room Expansion project. United Community Bank City President Kevennie Westmoreland presented a check for
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Woman's Enrichment Center turns 15
     This year the Woman's Enrichment Center of Blairsville celebrates 15 years of serving the women of Northeast Georgia and Western North Carolina. Ahighlight of the year was the Center's move to new quarters on July 7.
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Blue Ridge Mtn. Arts Assoc. readies for sale
     Volunteers Carol Massey, Patricia Groen and Lynn
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Arrest Report
     + Ronald Dean Long, 60, Young Harris, Ga., charged Nov. 8 with Communicating Threats. Released on bond.
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Marriages
     + Stacey Neil Fortenberry, 29, of Rome, Ga., and Belinda Michell Spears, 39, of Rome, Ga., were married on November 3, 2006.
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Clay County Chamber of Commerce
Giving back through the United Way
     As I return to Hayesville from the big city of Asheville I am constantly reminded of what a special and unique place we live in. We are small enough to know or recognize most people at the area restaurant, but big enough to have a heart for our fellow man, woman, and child.
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Deed Transactions
     James Byers sold 0.28 acres Lot 9 Frank Herbert Division in Hayesville Township to First Free Will Baptist Church for $14,000.00 on November 7, 2006.
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Hope sprouts for American Chestnut trees
By Johanne Kittle
     "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your ear...". What thoughts come into your mind when you hear these words of the familiar song? Holidays? Family memories? Thanksgiving dinner? The American Chestnut was a majestic tree and an abundant resource in our Southern Appalachian Mo
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Newcomers always welcomed by mountain tea ministry
N. Lee O'Leary
     Newcomers to the community were recently welcomed by Teas From the Heart Ministry. Thirty smiling faces were greeted by 44 volunteers, including tuxedoed parking valets and aproned hostesses.
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Mistletoe Market
One-of-a-kind Christmas gifts for one and all
     This year's Mistletoe Market and Sugar Plum Tearoom will again be held in the beautiful Conference Center at North Georgia Technical College in Blairsville, Ga. The Blairsville campus of the College is located on the north side of Highway 76/515, just 7/10 of a mile west of the traffic light in Blai
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