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Enchanted Valley Squares

The Enchanted Valley Squares hold their square dances at the Towns County Elementary School Cafeteria. Dances are from 7:30-10 p.m. The caller is Ray Mauney. All dancers are those interested are welcome.

Dances scheduled for the remainder of the year are: Dec. 8 (Toys for Tots Dance).

On January 9, our club will be conducting a beginning class in square dancing. For information, call Nick George (706) 897-2247; Al Supplee (706) 379-2191; or Carol Kutzener (828) 389-9445.

Christmas stories and poems at Moss Library Dec. 21

The Moss Memorial Library is hosting the annual Reading of Christmas Stories and Poems on December 21 at 7 p.m. Anyone in the community who has written a Christmas story or poem is invited to come and read your work at open mike. Whether you write for children, young adults, or adults, the North Carolina Writers' Network West wants you to come and be a part of this holiday gathering.

Friends of the Library will serve refreshments.

Three special guests for the evening are Estelle Rice, Nancy Gadsby, and Carol Thompson who will each read an original Christmas story. Mark December 21 on your calendar now. Free Diabetes classes offered at Library

Every Wednesday between 4 and 7 pm, diabetes instruction is available free of charge at the Moss Library in Hayesville. The emphasis will be on understanding what diabetes is and

how to do carbohydrate counting. Bring your logbooks, questions, and meters with you, Family members are also welcome.

TCCC offers free GED classes in Hayesville

Tri-County Community College sponsors free GED classes at the Moss Library on Thursdays from 5 - 8 p.m. with instructor Lonna Tarnowski.

The class is part of TCCC's Adult Basic Skills program that teaches adults the skills necessary to earn a High School Equivalency Diploma.

Computers are used to provide supplemental instruction in reading, writing or grammar, and mathematics. They are also used to teach or improve typing skills and to take GED practice tests.

The GED exam is held monthly on the college's Main Campus.

Kid's Party at John C. Campbell Folk School

Saturday, December 16, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.

A visit from Santa, plus games, music, dancing, and refreshments Free admission; Keith House, Folk School, Brasstown. Call 837-2775 or 1- 800-FOLK-SCH for more information. Early Registration at TCCC

Early registration for the spring semester is happening now through December 18 at Tri- County Community College.Students can get a head start on the Spring semester and avoid the January rush by registering for classes now.TCCC offers degrees in dozens of areas like criminal justice, emergency medical science, and college transfer as well as welding, esthetics and much more.The college also offers continuing education for law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, real estate and more. Or you can expand your horizons and learn acrylic painting, creative writing, quilting, and how to play the piano.

Call TCCC at 828-837-6810 for information on how to get started today.

Art show to be held

Art show featuring local artist, Ken Umbach, will have its opening reception Friday, December 8, from 1-6 p.m. at Health in Harmony, 1220 Cahtuge Circle, Hiawassee, Ga. The show, "Faces, figures, flowers and other fanciful things", will run through February 8, 2007 and includes fine art works in acrylic, watercolor and mixed media.

Call 706 896-9442 for details.

DAR chapter to meet

The December meeting of the DAR Chapter will be held at Crossroads Restaurant in Hiawassee, GA on Saturday, December 9 at 10 a.m. Luncheon cost for this Christmas meeting is $15. We welcome guests. The membership is reminded to contribute items for our holiday bake/craft sale. Sharon Butler will give the American Heritage Minute. Hostesses are Eloise Wolfersteig and Barbara Hansen. Arch Avary, Award-winning metalurgist will present the program, "Colonials Meet their Mettle with Metals."

Old Unicoi Chapter serves Towns, Union and Fannin counties. If you have a Revolutionary War patriot in your family history and might be interested in becoming a member of an organization whose roots are in our nation's beginnings, please call Eloise Wolfersteig, Regent, 706 379 2533 before December 2 for your reservation. Do come join us.

Prose Workshop Meets at TCCC

The Prose Workshop with critique session sponsored by North Carolina Writers’ Network West will meet Thursday, December 14, 7-9 p.m., at Tri-County Community College, McSwain Building (conference room), Murphy, NC. Contact Richard Argo, 828-837-5500 for more information. All NCWN members within driving range are welcome. Anyone who writes or is interested in writing is invited to come and observe.

Writers for Children Workshop

The Writing for Children workshop will meet Wednesday, December 20, 2006 from 10:00 am to 12 noon at the Moss Memorial Library in Hayesville, NC. The group meets regularly on the third Wednesday of the month. The focus of the workshop is poetry and stories for children and young adults. Support and advice is offered to writers. The group is sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network West. Members of Netwest and visitors are welcome to attend. For more information, call Nancy Gadsby at 706- 896-6392.

Dancing at the Clay Co. Senior Center

The cold weather doesn't seem to hold back these folks that love to dance. We've had a great attendance so far for 2006 and hope these eager dancers will continue into the remainder of our Winter of 2007.

It's always nice to sit back and watch those on the dance floor enjoying themselves so much whether they'd come to freshen up on their old steps or just join in the fun. This dance commences at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15th at the Clay County Senior Center or Ritter Road; and for a small donation of $5 per person you get the great live entertainment, every type of dance step there is, plenty of finger foods & soft drinks and also a chance to win one of our door prizes.

Don't forget for December this Friday will be our last dance, then we'll be enjoying our New Year's Eve get together, if your interesting in attending feel free to contact us.

We're hoping to see a huge crowd this coming Friday as we've had all this year, so if you need information on either our Friday 12/15th dance or our New Year's Celebration please call either Jeanne at (828) 389-3003 or Mary Lou at (828) 389-3581.

Granny’s Attic moving to new location Granny's Attic is moving to a

larger location. The present location will close on Dec. 25 - Jan 2 to relocate. New location 164 Hwy 64 West. in the shopping strip with Mika's Pizza and Good Shepherd office. Across from Subway. We will open at the new location on Jan. 3 at 9 a.m.

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