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by Harrison Keely How did you get to be an award-winning songwriter? Song writing has been a hobby for a long time. I really got more into with Dave Peters. I started writing songs when I was in eighth or ninth grade. Fluffy little stuff, garageband kind of things. I didn't do a lot of writing again until I got... More ... Property values soar in new evaluation Murphy Even with the number of real estate sales plummeting in the last year, the land that does sell is increasing in value. Cherokee County Tax Appraiser Dan Bourscheid said that 95 percent of the data they have produced in the reevaluation of land in the county shows increases in property value. More ... Ten sign to run for town office Franklin The filing period for three alderman seats and the officeof mayor ended at noon on Friday, July 20. Aldermen up for reelection include Bob Scott, Verlin Curtis and Charles Roper, all of whom are running for another term. Mayor Joe Collins is running unopposed. More ... Topton man facing weapon charges Andrews Macon County sheriff's deputies arrested a Topton man July 14 and charged him with felony possession of a firearm by a felon, and misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats and false imprisonment. More ... Commissioner in hot water over battle with officials Robbinsville An attorney hired by the Graham County Health Board has threatened to seek a restraining order against Commissioner Eugene Trull after a stormy confrontation with at least fivehealth department workers, including the director, at a county officelast week. More ... Early morning fireburns home Hiawassee At 4:55 a.m. Wednesday morning, July 25, 2007, 911 dispatch received a call that a structure at Admirals Point in Nantahala Bay was fully engulfed with flames. Engines 1 and 4 and tankers 1, 2 and 3 were at the scene at 5:03 a.m. Capt. Terry Parker said it apparently started on the front porch an... More ... New firetrucks in service soon Blairsville Two Blairsville men were placed in law enforcement custody in Fannin County, facing charges of distribution of methamphetamine. Ronald David Holcomb Jr. More ... Patterson honored for 13,000 volunteer hours Blue Ridge The Pink Ladies awarded their first 13,000 hour pin at their quarterly meeting on July 19. Wanda Patterson's service with the Pink Ladies started the day the Pink Ladies began, shortly before the hospital opened in 1979. "Wanda's been there since it began," said club president Sarah Lanning. "She... More ...
By Nancy White Kelly Sometimes it is good that we don't know what our children are experiencing until after the fact. Last week was like that for Buddy and me. Our son Charlie, the science teacher, is serving as an interim youth minister between school terms. He and some friends recently chaperoned a group of high-sc... More ... Rep. Shuler announces additional aid to WNC WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Heath Shuler today announced that farm-related and nonfarm-related small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives in Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Madison, Swain, and Yancey Counties that suffered economic injury as a direct result of the Easter Weekend Freeze are eligi... More ... IN COMING The latest arrivals from Moss Memorial Library Mysteries: "Pegasus Descending" by James Lee Burke- Burke proves why he is the virtual poet laureate of Southern Louisiana with another novel featuring Dave Robicheaux...this latest story filled with passion, surprise, regret, tragedy and murder. More ...
Catherine Caldwell Doan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Terry Doan of Young Harris, Ga., graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Carolina University on May 5, 2007. Doan received a Honors College Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. After attending a HIV/AIDS study program in South Africa in June, Doan... More ...
HELEN NAISMITH Contributing Writer HAYESVILLE - "I love our annual lakeside service with its contemporary music and liturgy and breaking of bread together after the service," said the Rev. Turner Guidry, following his sermon last Sunday at the Clay Country Recreation Park in Hayesville. More ...
Farm bill passes, providing landmark aid to WNC farmers By Representative Heath Shuler Representative Heath Shuler today applauded the passage of the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill, which makes historic investments in programs to support Western North Carolina's fruit and vegetable producers. For the first time, the 2007 Farm Bill pr... More ...
Georgia Air National Guard Band to perform August 4 BLUE RIDGE - The last in the series of "Concert in the Park" presented by the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association is a real American Patriotic Event. Saturday night, August 4 from 6:30 til 7:30 the Georgia Air National Guard Band of the South will play the music that's so hard to sit still by. More ...
Be a bride of passion By Sherrie Keely "Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses." -Voltaire. The Greeks had many forms of love: •Eros is passionate love, with sensual desire and longing. •Philia means friendship in modern Greek. More ...
Photos by Harrison Keely and Marcus Keely Read the Story...
Five generations meet to celebrate 92nd birthday Five generations came together to celebrate Mrs. Rose's 92 birthday. Pictured here are Frank Jr., Mrs. Rose, Brayden, Teresa, and Adrian Jeffries. More ...
Cousins, Cullen Davis of Hayesville and Tucker Whitmore of Loganville,GA enjoyed a step back in time as they visited the Swan Drive-In in Blue Ridge. Their grandparents, Vic and Linda Davis, shared found memories of the Drive-In of the 60's and 70's. More ...
Cullen Davis and his Uncle Scott Whitmore, of Loganville GA, get ready to take off in the Go-Carts at Panama City, FL. Cullen recently went on vacation with his Grandparents, Vic and Linda Davis, Aunt Vickie, Uncle Scott, and cousin Tucker. They enjoyed the beach, go-carts, putt-putt golf, Gulf Wo... More ...
This mysterious man was seen hanging a sign for the Smoky Mountain Sentinel at the Hayesville office.Anyone with information leading to the arrest of this man will be jailed immediately. More ...
8 th Grade #2 pencils and erasers loose-leaf paper 3 - ring binder with 4 dividers TI-30XIIS or TI-30XIIB scientific calculator Compass Protractor Markers Index cards (preferably colored) 7th Grade One three ring 2" Trapper Keeper (zipper) More ...
Sentinel photos by Marcus Keely Read the Story...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $930,507.00 in Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to local fire departments and emergency medical services organizations in the state of North Carolina. More ... CONSERVING WATER AT HOME Be water smart this summer simple steps for conservation Did you know that a faucet that leaks just one drop per second can waste over 2,000 gallons of water per year? That a leaking toilet can waste 200 gallons a day? Or that an average shower uses 20-30 gallons of water? Americans use an average of over 400 million gallons of water each day; much of... More ... |
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