Granny’s Attic makes big annual donation to Good Shepherd
After a busy year of selling clothing and small household items, the volunteers of Granny’s Attic recently presented al donation of $32,632.78 to Murphy Medical Center for it Good Shepherd Home Health and Hospice Agency.The auxiliary operates the Hayesville-based thrift store and annually donates its net proceeds [...]

Slide covers westbound lanes of interstate just west of Harmon’s Den Exit 7
A new rockslide occurred on the closed section of Interstate 40 sometime late Friday night or early this morning causing rocks and loose material to cover an additional small section of the westbound lanes.
This section of highway has been closed since the Oct. [...]

Mayor signs Proclamation

Harrell Moore, Mayor of Hayesville met with representatives of the Hayesville Civitan Club on Friday, January 22nd and signed a proclamation declaring the week of January 31st- February 6th as CLERGY APPRECIATION WEEK. He encourages the citizens of Clay County to show their appreciation and support for the clergy whose efforts [...]

DEED TRANSACTIONS 01/27/10

Suprill Co LTD-TR and Brian & Cynthia Echievarria sold 0.653 aces, Lot 79A (Mtn Harbor Golf & Yacht Club) in Hiawassee Township to RBC Bank for $ 114,000 on January 19, 2010.
Joe B Jones, Jr. & Mary G. Jones sold 1.13 acres, Lot 4 (Natahala Power & light Co.) in Shooting Creek [...]

Christal Dawn Cantrell, 28, arrested for driving while impaired (2 counts) on January 18, 2010 and released on January 18, 2010.
Jody Michael Chambers, 41, arrested for assault, simple misdemeanor on January 24, 2010.
Kayla Lynn Chambers, 23, arrested for assault, simple misdemeanor on January 24, 2010.
Roberta Sue Gentle, 59, arrested for driving while impaired on January [...]

Thanks to everyone who donated our 3rd Caring, Sharing Christmas Celebration. With your volunteer efforts, donations of food and financial contributions, we were able to serve approximately 600 meals throughout Towns and Clay County on Christmas Day. This would not have been possible without your help. Your expression of kindness and care for our community [...]

Dorothy Ethridge, Guest Writer
No More Winds by Reeve Lindbergh is a journal of her mother Anne Morrow Lindbergh….a tender, reflective and healing account of their final two years on the family farm in Vermont, detailing the poignant and sometimes humorous emotions she felt while caring for her frail and elderly mother.
The Trains We Rode by [...]

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Heath Shuler voted on Wednesday to provide immediate tax benefits to Americans who make charitable contributions to organizations providing disaster assistance and relief to Haiti.  If the House had not passed this legislation, those making donations would need to wait until filing their taxes in 2010 to take deductions.  The bill [...]

Washington, D.C. – The Obama administration released $15.6 million to North Carolina for emergency heating assistance following a request from Congressman Heath Shuler for additional federal funds.
The Health and Human Services Department released $490 million in LIHEAP contingency funds to U.S. states, territories and tribes on Wednesday. Congressman Shuler and more than 100 other House [...]

Jim Fitzgerald
A political shift occurred last week when Massachusetts elected a conservative Senator for the first time in 70 years. The loss of that traditionally Democratic seat in what is arguably the most liberal state in the Union sends a loud message to Washington. As John McCain alluded to, it was the shot-heard-round-the-world but the [...]