Dear Savvy Senior
Alzheimer’s: Wandering What To Do
Dear Savvy Senior
My wife has Alzheimer’s disease and I worry about her wandering off. What tips or resources can you recommend to help me with this?
Always Moving

Dear Always,
Wandering is a very common behavior in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. For caregivers, this can be [...]

Thanks to local governmental agencies, community organizations and individuals, 2009 was a most productive year.  Over 150 volunteers were involved in helping with CCCRA projects.  Approximately $18,000 was raised through events and donations to help with our major projects:  Jackrabbit Hiking/Biking Trails, Nelson Heritage Park, and the Courthouse restoration.  In addition we received grants from [...]

By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
The EDC meetings are not regularly scheduled but called to bring members up to speed on a variety of issues as they develop.
Two representatives from Advantage West in Asheville, Matt Raker and Kyle Edney, attended and briefed the committee on activities they are taking to help attract and grow businesses in western [...]

Sponsored by One Dozen Who Care
Many opportunities for personal development are offered to the youth of our area through the Youth Development Initiative sponsored by One Dozen Who Care (ODWC) at 65 Wilson Street, Suite 6 in Andrews. The office is located between Dollar General and the former PJs Pizza.  The Youth Initiative will serve [...]

Wouldn’t it be great to pick berries from your own plants? The Community Council of the Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center invites you to a free seminar on Friday, January 29th at 10 A.M. Come to this seminar to learn how to grow and care for blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Our speaker, Dr. [...]

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups very finely ground blanched almonds (5 1/4 ounces)
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
14 tablespoons (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment; set aside. Butter 22 two-inch fluted stainless-steel pastry cutters; place them [...]

The Union County Historical Society and the Union County Singing Convention have joined to revive one of the oldest and universal traditions of the area: Gospel shaped-note singing.  To many mountain families, this was a vital part of their life.
Singing schools at one time were abundant in the mountains with individual churches and communities boasting [...]

Members of the Misty Mountain Quilters Guild were treated to a free workshop held at the Mountain Presbyterian Church in Blairsville on January 11.  Fran Smith, Second Vice President,   taught members to create oval quilted placemats using the “flip and sew”, or string quilt, method.   This technique can also be used to make tablecloths, purses, [...]

Nina & Nicole:   Hi! My name is Nicole and I’ll do the talking for me and my sister, since I’m not as shy as Nina.
Our owner had to give us up when we no longer had a home to live in. I am very affectionate
and outgoing and love people, my sister is a loving girl too, [...]

Mutiny on the Bounty
by William V. Reynolds
What does the statement “Based on a true story” really mean? Many people are under the impression that the writer is trying to reproduce the actual events. But this is not the case. Many times the expression simply means that the writer took an actual event and fictionalized it. [...]