Attention pet owners: cat and dog food causes death
By DEBBIE WALKER Sentinel Writer
      Hayesville and surrounding areas be aware of the Pet Food Recall, regarding wet food made by Menufoods, and distributed by Wal*Mart under several names. Other distributors are also included in this recall. As of Saturday, March 17, 2007 Wal* Mart has removed the food from their shelves.
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Blue Ridge Gospel Singers
     The final winter concert was held last Saturday at the Peacock Playhouse with the performance of the Blue Ridge Gospel group. They are a dynamic ensemble who have appeared throughout the United States and Canada and they brought the joy of Christian gospel to Hayesville. Among their most popular num...
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Superstar Concert Series individual tickets now on sale
      Individual tickets for the upcoming Superstar Concert Series performances are now available for purchase at www.GeorgiaMountainFairgrounds.com. Individual ticket prices vary. Season tickets for the entire Superstar Concert Series can also be purchased for $175 (no handling fee) by calling (706) 896...
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      My laptop is out of town and I am with it. It isn't easy writing a column on the road, but it is against my nature to miss deadlines. The last time my column was lost in cyberspace, two faithful readers called my oncologist to see if I was still living. She was good natured about it. Citing the new...
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Mountain Fling to perform March 23
      Mountain Fling will perform old time mountain music in a free concert at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will follow a public exhibition of Folk School student crafts from 6:40-7:00 p.m.
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Fontana Dam Festival
      Hi-Yak: Another Dam Festival will be held on April 12 - 17 at Fontana Village Resort, Fontana Dam, N.C. This will be Fontana Village Resort's first festival for hikers and kayakers. Located in the Great Smoky Mountains, with the Appalachian Trail running through the village and the Cheoah River i...
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Mama's probation
By RONDA RICH
      In case you haven't noticed, Mama has been banished from this column for several weeks. Have you missed her? It all started when she, for the first time ever, took exception to a piece I wrote on her crankiness following heart surgery. If I thought she was cranky before the piece, it was nothing ...
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Hiawassee Jamboree
      Don't miss This Traditional Country Music Show! Hiawassee Jamboree - A Traditional Country Music Show, Anderson Music Hall at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds Saturday, March 24, 7 - 9 p.m.
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Horoscopes
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good time to reassess important relationships, both personal and professional, to see where problems might exist and how they can be overcome. Keep communication lines open. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It's not easy to bring order to a chaotic situation, whet...
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United Marriage Encounter® An International Christian Ministry
      Attention married couples! The next opportunity for couples to attend a United Marriage Encounter Weekend in the Western North Carolina area will be April 27-29, 2007, beginning Friday evening. The Weekend will be held at the Hinton Life Center in Hayesville, N.C., just off US Highway 64.
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Living with Art, Ch. 6 - The Cabinet dâ Amateur
      By DAVID VOWELL Yes, it's a fancy French term, pronounced Cab eh NAY Dah mah TOOR.s probably easy to guess that when it's translated literally it means the cabinet of the amateur. However, as an art term it refers to the place where the serious student of art has gathered together his or her coll...
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ICL Announces Spring Courses at YHC
      The Institute for Continuing Learning (ICL) at Young Harris College has announced an exciting lineup of courses and seminars for the spring term beginning the week of April 2. Many of the offerings are open to non-members and some are also free of charge. The entire curriculum will be previewed on ...
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Art speaks for itself
     A local Artist donated her art to her son for his new home. Samantha Davis, of Murphy, N.C., has dabbled in art she says. She doesn't think she an artist but her work speaks for itself.
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