BDC dancers entertain at BBQ Showdown
      The Brasstown Dance Center dancers entertained at the first annual North Georgia Mountain's Horsin' Around BBQ Showdown last Saturday. An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the fresh air, delicious BBQ, and a beautiful spring day in the mountains at the Brasstown Valley Resort Stables.
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New Lookout Towers book rediscovers "towering giants"
By Bobbi LeHoullier CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Hiking and outdoor enthusiasts, look for a newly published book "Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers" by Peter J. Barr of Concord, NC. The author is a director of the North Carolina State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association, a group dedicated to restoration projects for towers in the...
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Indiana Jones whips up box office success in "Kingdom"
By Harrison Keely SENTINEL WRITER
      The latest Indiana Jones film whipped up a $311 million gross through the Memorial Day weekend, allowing the series to return to the screen with a bang 19 years after its previous installment. The whip-cracking university professor seen on screen in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...
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Cooking with Barbara
By Barbara Walker-Huff
      This is a recipe from the book published by a long ago friend in Norcross, Georgia. She was a beautiful young girl. She married a Captain in the Army, John Adams. Martha lived all over the world. She contracted Polio after the birth of he sons but continued on with her life. The proceeds from the...
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Senior Games events excite
     ABOVE: Waiting for Senior Games events to begin are, left to right, Maybell Roper, Roy Roper, Katie Hardin, and Sue McGuire. Maybell Roper won a Silver Medal for ShuffleboardWomen's Singles; Roy Roper won the Gold for Horseshoes and silver for ShuffleboardMen's Singles; Katie Hardin won a silver in ...
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Over the River and Through the Woods set to open
Comedy to open Friday at Peacock
      The poignant family comedy, Over the River and through the Woods, opens Friday at the Peacock Playhouse in Hayesville. Grandson Nick, played by Michael Lindsey, has received a promotion and will have to relocate from New York to Seattle. His four grandparents do not see why he would want to do suc...
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British soccer training camp visits Murphy
      The largest soccer camp company in the United States, Challenger Sports, has been invited to host one of their British Soccer Training Camps right here in Murphy with the Cherokee County Soccer League.
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CHECKING IN:
      Fannie Watson presents a $3,000 check to Karen Kleinpeter as a contribution from the Clay County Historical and Arts Council to support this summer's Licklog Players Peacock Pride theater camp,
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Enchanted music coming
      The 2008 Season kicked off last weekend with an audience of over 500 enjoying Gary York and his Band and a guest appearance by "ELVIS" The Hiawassee Square will come alive again this Saturday, May 31 st from 6 - 8 pm with the wonderful Bluegrass Music of the "Old Mill String Band", from Cartersvi...
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