Michigan native is hiking to the Highest Points of all 50 states to raise awareness for Alzheimers
By: Bryan Hughes
Sentinel Writer
In our present time, it has become increasingly difficult to come across an honest hearted individual who truly wants to help people. Mark Zimmer, 24, from Grand Rapids, Michigan has set out to climb the high [...]

North Carolina continues to have a high unemployment rate with two-thirds of the counties in the state running into double digits. In western North Carolina, jobs are as scarce as hen’s teeth. For September, Cherokee County had an unemployment rate of 14.2 percent, exceeding all counties west of Asheville. Graham and Clay counties weren’t far [...]

Murphy and Andrews to hold municipal elections
Candidates for mayor in both Andrews and Murphy are running unopposed. Incumbents Johnny Brown in Andrews and Bill Hughes in Murphy are seeking re-election with out opposition; although there is always a provision for write-in candidacy.
For Andrews Alderman there are four seats up for grabs with five candidates seeking [...]

By William V. Reynolds
Columnist
Alfred Hitchcock has long been one of my favorite directors. He began his American career
before World War II and it was during this war that he directed the film I want to discuss today.
Lifeboat (1944) was not one of Hitchcock’s most popular films. As we will show you
momentarily, it involved a controversial [...]

By: Nancy White Kelly
Columnist
Shalom, Ya’ll. Part II.
After an adventuresome beginning in New York City and London, Charlie and I finally arrived in Tel Aviv at 5:00 in the morning. While the plane ticket was the prize of the essay contest, all other expenses in Israel were mine. Of top of that, the IRS gets to [...]

U.S. Forest Service Announces Decision on Upper Tellico OHV Trails System
ASHEVILLE, NC – The US Forest Service announced today that it is permanently closing the Upper Tellico OHV trail system in order to correct serious erosion problems in the Upper Tellico River watershed in Cherokee County, NC.
“When we first began our analysis we hoped we [...]

Cherokee School Board looks at solar energy
By: Frank Bradley
Sentinel Writer
Don’t squint now, but the Cherokee County School Board is looking seriously at the sun to save money on its on electricity bills.
A company known as Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc.(SEII) has made two presentations at recent school board meetings offering to install several acres of photovoltaic [...]

By Frank Bradley
Sentinel Writer
Near the end of last month, 22 assorted individuals from Clay, Towns, Union and Fannin counties gathered in the community room of Sharp Memorial Church in Young Harris, Georgia to discuss a novel written by Thornton Wilder almost a half century ago.
The novel, entitled “The Eighth Day,” was actually a reread by [...]

By Frank Bradley
Sentinel Writer
In its 54th year of operations, Woodard Electric Services is one of the oldest family businesses in Clay County. Last Friday, owner Warren Woodard held an open house at the firm’s new location, just off Waldroup Road. It was also an occasion to celebrate founders day, honoring his parents, Kenneth and Mildred [...]

Anthony Charles Graham, 22, of Ackworth, GA
and Amanda Lyn Bohannon, 19, of Canton, GA
were united in marriage on October 17, 2009.